Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
“Many people (by which I meant me) seem to feel as if they start off each morning in a kind of "productivity debt", which they must struggle to pay off through the day, in hopes of reaching a zero balance by the time evening comes. Few things feel more basic to my experience of adulthood than this vague sense that I'm falling behind, and need to
... See moreWe are the people who - far too often - mistake intellectual clarity for progress.
To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together.
Barry Lopez— Barry Lopez
“People almost never actually look carefully at anything; they glance at it and then rely on their brain to fill in the details—which it doesn’t, leading to crummy drawing.” So I did as I was told, and looked long and hard at what I wanted to draw at that moment: a tree. I found that I noticed much more about its contours, colors, and shadows. I
... See moregetting upset at your kids for making mistakes doesn't teach them to not make mistakes, it teaches them to hide their mistakes
Let yourself fall.
Learn to observe snakes.
Plant impossible gardens.
Let someone dangerous in for tea.
Make small Signs that say “yes” and spread them all over your house.
Become a friend of freedom and uncertainty.
Look forward to dreaming.
Cry at the movies.
Swing as high as you can on a swing at moonlight.
Maintain different moods.
Refuse to be
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