ganesh
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collecting & contributing // design engineer
ganesh
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read (articles, books – or take in other forms of texts like art and music) as much as you write. but write (think, converse, ideate) as much as you read (scroll) too.
I cannot be your mentor, here’s everything I know – adrienne maree brown
One of the chief pleasures of art, whether painting, fiction, film, or whatever medium, is that the artist has made no concessions to you personally — ultimately you can enjoy it on your own terms.
Human expression was perfected into pithy thought-capsules (Twitter, LinkedIn), glamour shots (Instagram), and performative soundbites (TikTok), all perfect carriers for human emotions and — most importantly — ADVERTISING, which we were also now expected to do, newly equipped with our “personal brands.”
The dominance of these formats and mindset mad... See more
The dominance of these formats and mindset mad... See more
Yancey Strickler • Formulary for New Media
Pa-chunk! Pa-chunk! Pa-chunk! … Pa-chunk! Pa-chunk! Pa-chunk! By our office a residential building is shooting up. We can hear the clear, pneumatic report of a nail gun. The sound, has madeleined thoughts quite different from the intention of securing boards and beams — stirrings of a long distant job, a muggy summer spent assisting a very kind but
... See morei just heard this at a cafe:
"The brain is rarely in the present, but the heart is always in the present because it’s beating. When we listen to our heart, we turn our attention back to the present moment.”
Wow.
The past was never old.
The present, in a fold.
The future, told.
We decided to walk down to the garden; we still had time after all. Upon entering we were immediately taken aback by the casual ruthlessness — everything was tangly and burgeoning tumescence. There were annabelle hydrangeas punctuated by organ pipe cactus. Mammoth pink rhododendrons bou
... See moreA sense of oneself is really the only guide one has. It’s hard to see this in the short term with the constant topical noise of general life. But the dialogue one has with oneself assuredly outlasts all others. Ultimately the reflective discourse is all that is. (Love yourself.)
If you want to make a living flower, you don't build it, you grow it from the seed.