Jenna Guarascio

The in between is where it happens.

It's less the meeting and more how am I getting to and from each of those meetings? And what am I thinking about in between? You know, it's like the ticks of the clock.

The computer understands the ticks, but human beings live in the moments between those ticks, in the duration that's not even acknowledged by th

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The throughline of the works I'm documenting here is interventions. Works that interrupt and subvert our everyday expectations to prod us into considering their place in our lives. Practices that break the mundane continuity of commonplace moments and offer us connection in the most unexpected of places. Pregnant pauses that trigger a flurry of lif... See more

Motion and pauses. The interplay between them is what leads to change. Agency often comes in sudden step changes rather than linear increases

Motion creates new resting states. I think of the Big Bang and turning a snow globe upside down. A state of flux makes space for transitioning into a new state of being.

Creativity is about connections, and connections are not made by siloing everything off into its own space. New ideas are formed by interesting juxtapositions, and interesting juxtapositions happen when things are out of place.

Paul Graham on how writing helps you discover new ideas:

“A good writer doesn’t just think, and then write down what he thought, as a sort of transcript. A good writer will almost always discover new things in the process of writing.”

Going all in on something for a month gets better results than dabbling in it for a decade.

The dabbler spreads their energy over many things. The focused person concentrates their effort on one.

The most dangerous competitor is the one with a single goal.

The truth is whispered while opinions are shouted.

When people ask you for decisions, use the opportunity to remind them that they are the expert and ask what context they need from you to make their recommendation.

our thinking and acting toward the future must challenge the systems that would seek to short-circuit the very future in which we hope to prosper. As author and philosopher Bonnitta Roy would say, we must “dream ourselves awake.”