Rishita Chaudhary

Difference between Imaginary and Imaginal

Imaginary is something that takes you away from reality like you imagining a pink elephant.

Imaginal is something that relates to reality, kinda like what children do with dolls. They have real toys but then they'll imagine the toys have lives and what not

Like every time I'm in a club or some techno place,

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“When Sontag read Gide’s journals, she identified so deeply with his thinking, she wrote, ‘I am not only reading this book, but creating it myself.’” Reading can offer an experience of communion: a synthesis can occur when the thinking self, or internal monologue, merges with the author’s.

After seeing some 800~ events take place at The Commons i've learned 3 things:

• 1) plausible deniability: if you say we're here to make friends, friendship doesn't happen. if you say we're here to research or talk about niche topic x and y, friendships always form. same applies to dating.


• 2) communities are built from strong 1-1 relationships. as an

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notes/on notetaking, notemaking and research

> status: #notes #livedoc

book/ "How to Take Smart Notes. One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking"

be open in research

- confirmation bias harms more than helps  

- when researching aim for \*any relevant\* info, indiscriminately

- especially if the source opposes your main argument or

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If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.

But obsession is intoxicating. And anyone who has been obsessed knows that. Obsession pulls you in like quick sand. It immerses you. And the most startling part is that you go willingly. If you wanted to resist it, you could. But there’s that moment, that line, where you let

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Originality of thought, artistic ingenuity, and the ability to connect unexpected dots is among my favorite sorts of flex.