Kechi Ladapo
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Kechi Ladapo
Conventional wisdom insists that technology has made life better. We are more connected, more comfortable, and certainly wealthier than ever before.
Where the children’s story is simply the right form for what the author has to say, then of course readers who want to hear that, will read the story or re-read it, at any age... I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can... See more
C.S. Lewis on the Three Ways of Writing for Children and the Key to Authenticity in All Writing
MFA Reading List: The Crowdsourced Edition
nadyawilliams.substack.com
You build discipline by keeping the promises you make to yourself. Each time you keep these promises, your discipline strengthens. Each time you break them, your discipline atrophies.
These promises don't have to be monumental.
You don't need to practice the same serve 300 times a day. You don't need to sleep in a dorm room. You don't need to wake up
... See moreIf we were a medical school, and you were here as a med student practicing appendectomies, you'd take your work very seriously because you would imagine that some night at 2 AM someone is going to waltz into your emergency room and you're going to have to save their life. Well, my friends, someday at 8 PM someone is going to walk into your concert... See more
Music as Healing. A Speech by Karl Paulnack
I'm hopeful that as the world spins faster,
Sublime will help us stay grounded.
Sublime isn't about productivity
it's about clarity.
Sublime will help us stay grounded.
Sublime isn't about productivity
it's about clarity.
Love notes
We cradle the tools of the Machine. We brush their glassy faces and keep them closer than our own children. We allow the tools to direct our thoughts and emotions, to shepherd the flow of our neurochemistry and our spirit. We feel helpless when we try and break away, suddenly discovering we are addicts, or else possessed by some diabolical digital... See more
Peco • Disruptive Spirituality: A Fire that Purifies
So true!
Most spiritual gifts, I think, are natural abilities sanctified and harnessed by God-given desire,