Hannah Orozco
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Hannah Orozco
“The only clear line I draw these days is this: When my religion tries to come between me and my neighbor, I will choose my neighbor … Jesus never commanded me to love my religion.”
— Theologian Barbara Ann Taylor
There is beauty in the becoming. Planting and watering your own seeds to become exquisite is worthy of admiration.
— The Beauty of Trying | By thekidultwriter
Lately I have been reading a lot about The Internet and what it’s doing to us. I find it funny, if a little tedious. Because of course there’s no canonical experience of Being Online. Other than being followed around by mystifying ads because you clicked on something or, as they say, “fit a demographic,” there is no “us.” Everyone’s time here is di
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- “Limit everything to the essential but do not remove the poetry.”
— Dieter Rams, quoted in Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Ramsfrom Dieter Rams
- Philosopher and author Albert Camus on the excuses we allow ourselves to live by:
"Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it." - One of my (many) contrarian beliefs is that we do not have strong enough preferences. We often blame social media or the speed of information as the reason why we’re easily distracted, but the real reason behind our inability to focus has less to do with the sheer quantity of media and more to do with our laziness when it comes to distinguishing wh... See more
- Taste is not the same as correctness, though. To do something correctly is not necessarily to do it tastefully. For most things, correctness is good enough, so we skate by on that as the default. And there are many correct paths to take. You’ll be able to cook a yummy meal, enjoy the movie, build a useable product, don a shirt that fits. But taste ... See more
- Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
from Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
- "It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it." - Roger Ebert applies to every creative project