Jon
@jonsoasis
Jon
Roses are red,
Leaves are green,
I'm spending my life
In front of a screen
Violets are blue
And so is the sky,
I'm breaking that habit
Before I die
Leaves are green,
I'm spending my life
In front of a screen
Violets are blue
And so is the sky,
I'm breaking that habit
Before I die
Stop doomscrolling and make some art (i promise this will be fun)
Years ago I designed a thought experiment: what if one day was not 24 hours but 50? And we still had the same responsibilities meaning they would take us the same amount of time to take care of? Maybe we would have more time to do more stuff. But we would probably waste more.
This is exactly what happens today: overall the standard of living is... See more
This is exactly what happens today: overall the standard of living is... See more
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YouTube Comment from Choo-choo-chookcha from Westenberg YouTube Post
Don’t do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention. Enjoy and be one with your work.
—Thích Nhất Hạnh, The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
When I watch a Miyazaki film I can’t help but think about his attunement to the world, the presence it requires to transmute the real world into a fantastical one. That’s the interesting contradiction of writers and artists, I suppose: alienation is a necessity, but so is participation. The point of getting better is to be more in the world.
Instead, I stopped trying to fit myself and Every into an old model of what a founder, software startup, or media company needs to look like. Those are all old ideas, from an older context. They can be useful when needed. But they’re dry and dead.
I’ve just tried to be honest about who I am, what I want, and what I believe to be true about the... See more
I’ve just tried to be honest about who I am, what I want, and what I believe to be true about the... See more
Dan Shipper • Every’s Master Plan
Peter Gabriel is right, if you hear the world as music, you can sing along with it, join in with it, celebrate and dance with it even while never knowing precisely what is going on.
Maria Popova • The Marginalian
The brave don't live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
