Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
The “structural gap-mapper” approach:
I love 1980s hip-hop because there’s no way to predict it from projecting trends in 1970s pop. It questions basic assumptions! It’s missing elements that you might have thought were necessary (like melodies) and it brings in elements you didn’t know you wanted until you heard them (like samples and turntable scratching.) Now the 1980s rap exists,
... See moreYou remember when the iPhone came out? Nobody ran around saying you've got to get an iPhone. What happened is you would just see an iPhone and you would see how great the pictures were, whatever the hell, and you'd go, I want that. Nobody had to evangelize you or explain, well, what iPhone does is it co-locates super computing power in your pocket.
... See more‘Listen. You have this thing in you called a personal will. It’s what motivates you to want things in life—career advancement, affirmation, fancy cars. And it’s not bad, that’s just how people are. But sooner or later you find out it can’t be satisfied. So then your personal will gets you into spirituality, because that could be the source of some
... See moreAdyashanti in his talk "Beyond the personal will"
If you’ve ever felt hesitant to write because you’re “not sure what to say,” consider this: the act of writing itself often reveals what you didn’t know you knew. It’s a tool for discovery, a way to explore ideas and refine thoughts. Writing isn’t about knowing all the answers in advance; it’s about trusting that the answers will come through the
... See moreIf you don’t have any vocabulary for a medium, then the film or song or dish simply appears as a blur of impressions, it’s hard to draw lines and isolate the particular areas and causes of enjoyment. So, having a better vocabulary for a given medium doesn’t just make you sound smart, it increases the resolution of your enthusiasm. If you’re the
... See moreVirtues of having a rich vocabulary
Having better words to describe things you enjoy not only makes you sound smart — it actually helps you to enjoy them more.