The difference between schools and libraries

From John Taylor Gatto’s The Underground History of American Education (via Austin Kleon):

To begin with, libraries are usually comfortable, clean, and quiet. They are orderly places where you can actually read instead of just pretending to read.

For some reason libraries are never age-segregated, nor do t

... See more

This contemplation and collaboration was an incredibly new extension of how I’ve been thinking about work lately. It probably exists in the space my friend Yatú would call “concept composing”. Really working through the forms of language and articulation to reach a shared embodiment.

I’ve been meditating on simplicity a lot. The good life feels lik... See more

But what if the coming revolution is a silent one that will be led by those who, in the face of this increasing activity and ear-splitting noise, choose the anti-mimetic path? Who grow quieter and more intentional?

People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is a cold comfort on a winter night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've gotten back the test results and they're not so good.

Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never t

... See more

"The leaf falling from the tree reaches the soil. The pebble thrown in the lake will reach the bottom. Equally certain in probability, as is the notion it's time to explore." - Unknown