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- I’m at my most courageous on the page because interrogating my feelings with words feels justified and purposeful in the case that it helps someone else understand the mess of the human condition.
from (self) concept by Molly Mielke
- Khalil Gibran said, “ Work is love made visible. ” This is a much different position than our usual ‘ work is my identity ’.
from Three things I love about what I do by Brad Montague
Switch the question of 'What do you do' to 'What do you love about what you do'? It is rare for people to come into themselves if no one is excited and curious about their core, their potential. We need someone who gives us space to unfold.
- The deeper into this you go, the weirder and more inexplicable it gets. Many experiences literally transcend or obviate language in their nature. After a certain point of undeniably real inexplicable absurdity, you give up trying to come up with "rational explanations" for things, and go with the flow. Part of the beauty of all of the woo-sploratio... See more
from It's Called "Woo" Because It's Fun by Sadalsuud
the mystery is the point
- Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recovered at will.
from Beethoven’s Advice on Being an Artist: His Touching Letter to a Little Girl Who Sent Him Fan Mail by Maria Popova
- In the words of neuroscientist Gregory Berns, “only when you consciously confront your brain’s reliance on categories will you be able to imagine outside of its boundaries.” Venturing out of the mind’s perimeter of comfort, in a constant quest for the unknown, liminal creators keep on fueling their imagination by exploring the gray areas that live ... See more
from Liminal Creativity by Ness Labs
- you don’t want to create so much status pressure that you make status maximizing decisions instead of product maximizing ones.
from I took off all of 2023. Focused on health, family, travel… y...
road to speed product-market fit
"Today was a Difficult Day," said Pooh. There was a pause. "Do you want to talk about it?" asked Piglet. "No," said Pooh after a bit. "No, I don't think I do." "That's okay," said Piglet, and he came and sat beside his friend. "What are you doing?" asked Pooh. "Nothing, really," said Piglet. "Only, I know what Difficult Days are like. I quite often
... See more- Zadie Smith: “He was bookish, she was not; he was theoretical, she political. She called a rose a rose. He called it an accumulation of cultural and biological constructions circulating around the mutually attracting binary poles of nature/artifice.”
from (self) concept by Molly Mielke