Jay Matthews

Writing, art, creation: this is smithwork. You set your fire; you use your bellows, your pen, your paper, to heat it to the right temperature. You set your base metal in the flames, heat it until it is white. Then you begin your transformation.

“All that is known. It proves nothing; its demonstrative value is destroyed by the habit of thinking in terms of advantages and disadvantages, the most evil of all ways of looking at life. “Everything has its advantages and disadvantages.” Once that is said, the unbearable becomes bearable—a mere disadvantage, and what after all is a disadvantage... See more

The Response Gratitude and reciprocity are the currency of a gift economy, and they have the remarkable property of multiplying with every exchange, their energy concentrating as they pass from hand to hand, a truly renewable resource.

find the centres

1.start with existing centers or create strong ones that harmonize with the environment

Shelby Lorman writes a cathartic essay on overwhelming tragedy and the lack of tools to process grief as a society—especially as tragedies compound. Lorman discusses the intersection between the internet and the history of US mass shootings up to the end of May 2022, offering a comparison with Nick Drnaso's graphic novel "Sabrina". To answer the... See more

Uses Perez's Technological Surge Cycles, somewhere between financial bubble expanding and persisting before pops.