rob hardy

@robhardy

writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱

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David Foster Wallace called essays “occasions to watch somebody reasonably bright but also reasonably average pay far closer attention and think at far more length about all sorts of different stuff than most of us have a chance to in our daily lives.”

Annelise Jolley (@annelisejolley)

someone said that we should stop saying that songs make us cry and start saying that they let us cry, which I think is beautiful.

self renewal and resonance

“Let us expand, live much, and be many things, and

not shirk the complexity of the world or of ourselves.”

— Julian Jaynes

Dylano | Essayful • Tweet

aliveness and Quotes

if your work is solely driven by how people respond to it, you’ll create something popular but soulless

if it’s driven by how you feel about it, you’ll create something potent but obscure

but if your work is a dialogue between self & world, it can be both resonant & true

scott • Tweet

everything is a conversation and conversational creativity

Humility isn't false modesty. True humility is feeling the fullness of your desire for the spotlight, and choosing not to be noticed

Vivid Void • Tweet

weirdly insightful sentences and

Perfectionism is the most noteworthy personality characteristic associated with giftedness.

Dr. Linda Silverman • Perfectionism: the Crucible of Giftedness

Perfectionism is not a pathology

I’m increasingly convinced it’s much easier (and happier) to assume strangers are friends you haven’t met yet, than to assume strangers will remain strangers.

Amanda Natividad • Tweet

friendship and making friends

You don’t have community because you aren’t a good community member. You don’t host events, you don’t know how to cook, you don’t know how to dance, you don’t know how to sing, and you aren’t doing anything to learn. You can’t tell stories or jokes.

Scarlet Astrorum 🧭x.com

self renewal and everything is a conversation

The poet Muriel Rukeyser said the universe is composed of stories, not of atoms. The physicist Werner Heisenberg declared that the universe is made of music, not of matter. And we believe that if you habitually expose yourself to toxic stories and music, you could wind up living in the wrong universe, where it’s impossible to become the gorgeous

Rob Brezsny • Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia

the universe is made of stories