One's ability to articulate an idea always lags behind the understanding of the idea, and the understanding of an idea often lags behind the embodiment in which it is first given life. It can take a surprising amount of time to come to understand what a prototype is trying to "say", and longer still to say it oneself.

-Bret Victor

“Poems are not the words themselves but what the words transmit. Not the thunderclap, but how our bodies respond to the boom.”
From Poetry as Spellcasting: Poems, Essays, and Prompts for Manifesting Liberation and Reclaiming Power

I used references generally speaking, but The first time I really internalized the importance of references was watching Gilmore Girls for the zillionth time.

Recently I’ve been reading about the importance of context in expressing to the reader where in the lattice of human knowledge your thoughts lie. Sort of like a map to you main point.

This con