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Scarface: Tiny Desk Concert
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The comment reveals a deep appreciation for how hip-hop, as a form of poignant and intelligent art from oppressed communities, transcends geographical and cultural boundaries to educate and evoke empathy in a global audience. It highlights the transformative power of music in bridging disparate experiences and celebrating the resilience and creativity of those "punched down on" through their compelling storytelling.
“We will go down in history as the first society that wouldn’t save itself because it wasn’t cost effective.” -Kurt Vonnegut
How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED
Looking closely is valuable at every scale. From looking closely at a sentence, a photograph, a building, a government. It scales and it cascades — one cognizant detail begets another and then another. Suddenly you’ve traveled very far from that first little: Huh.
I’d say that that huh is the foundational block of curiosity. To get good at the huh... See more
I’d say that that huh is the foundational block of curiosity. To get good at the huh... See more
Craig Mod • Looking Closely Is Everything
Monk’s intimate, exhaustive and poetic improvisations pioneered new languages of modern jazz and helped birth bebop as a seminal art form. “And then there was the silence. There is nothing more daunting and mysterious. We flood silence with chatter, we fill it with noise or notes rather than let it reveal what it knows or just let it be,” wrote... See more
Some music is just imagined
Thelonious Monk embracing silence
Scott details a pattern of disaster that repeatedly manifests around legibility. His opening example is from the late-18th century discipline of “scientific forestry”.
A natural forest is illegible. A tangle of plants. This is inconvenient from the standpoint of harvesting lumber. How do you quantify yield? Can you even make a meaningful map of this... See more
A natural forest is illegible. A tangle of plants. This is inconvenient from the standpoint of harvesting lumber. How do you quantify yield? Can you even make a meaningful map of this... See more
Gordon Brander • Soulbinding Like a State
There's this concept called "vernacular architecture" that refers to a style or design developed from local needs, using local materials, and reflecting local traditions. In contrast to formal architect's academic professionalization, the vernacular architect actually isn't an architect at all , by modern definitions.
Coleman McCormick • Designing from Experience, Not Expertise
His ending was on an empirical level of genius. "Have empathy for displaced people whether they're in the Palisades or Palestine". To make this connection weaving stories together of current events is both masterful and magnificent.
Dave Chappelle Stand-Up Monologue 2025 - SNL
A brand is always answering two questions. The first one internally facing: What do we believe? The second, externally: How do we behave? You must remain authentic to yourself, your core values, and what you stand for. If you’re not, people will sniff you out. But your brand must maintain cultural congruence — remaining relevant to the times,... See more