J. Danielle
@jasminedanielle
strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.
J. Danielle
lettersfromthebside.substack.com
Families teach us love, and tribes teach us loyalty. The village teaches us tolerance
Inspired by a Children’s Book, They’re Having a ‘Strega Nona September’
nytimes.com
too many trends, not enought taste
Strega Nona core was the “vibe” for fall 2024
I owe this insight to my colleague Colin Nimick, a brilliant copywriter at Ogilvy who said, “In New York, people speak fast. In the American South, they speak slowly. Both of them are a form of politeness, understood in a different way. In New York, you speak quickly because you respect the value of the other person’s time and you don’t want to... See more
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
Tippett:
What do you mean when you write that everyone is an artist?
O’Donohue:
I mean that everyone is involved, whether they like it or not, in the construction of their world. So it’s never as given as it actually looks; you’re always shaping it and building it. And I feel that from that perspective, that each of us is an artist.
What do you mean when you write that everyone is an artist?
O’Donohue:
I mean that everyone is involved, whether they like it or not, in the construction of their world. So it’s never as given as it actually looks; you’re always shaping it and building it. And I feel that from that perspective, that each of us is an artist.
John O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
The Electoral Problem for Democrats: It's the Neoliberalism, Stupid
Anat Shenker-Osoriorollingstone.com
The Walmart Effect - The Atlantic
The Walmart Effect — The Atlantic
Virality isn’t always a bad thing, but it chips away at this once-valued notion of authenticity, of discovering a music or fashion scene first.
Terry Nguyen • Trends are dead
too many trends, not enought taste
Culture has been decentralized and the monoculture eradicated, where does that leave us? Are Virality and authenticity mutually exclusive by definition?
