J. Danielle

@jasminedanielle

strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.

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Where good taste is demure, bad taste is bawdy. Where good taste is minimalist, bad taste is maximalist. Where good taste whispers, bad taste screams: “Look! React! Feel!”

judy berman • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste

too many trends, not enought taste

Maximislm that screams seems potentially related to Boom Boom aesthetic

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

Building a knowledge library for creative work (Dec 2024 workshop w Sari Azout)

“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing--and keeping the unknown always beyond you.”

― Georgia O'Keefe

beautifully said

music is what language would love to be, if it could

John O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty

beautifully said

Thumbnail of This is fucking great. Via Lonnie Elliott | 🍣 Rob Estreitinho

Rob Estreitinho • This is fucking great. Via Lonnie Elliott | 🍣 Rob Estreitinho

microdosed strat

Over 40 million people rely on SNAP to afford groceries, and the program is confronting its largest cuts in history. Even if you personally don’t use food stamps, your local grocery store could go bankrupt after losing SNAP customers.

understanding the moment

There’s a lot to be said for the fact that when the most economically disadvantaged of us lose, we all lose.

Are words like timeless, classic being used more as an antidote to the quick, throw-away goods we’ve been consuming over the course of mid-2000s??

too many trends, not enought taste

Words to live by