rob hardy

@robhardy

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

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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 ge

Rob Brezsny • Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia

the universe is made of stories

The late eighteenth-century Hasidic master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov teaches us, “If you want to return to God you must make yourself into a new creation. You can do this with a sigh.”9

Adina Allen • The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom

everything is a conversation and

AI prompts for writers

Reframing “work” as a process of embodied intention not only inverts the relationship between process and output (and makes us question why that relationship ever seemed hierarchical in the first place) but also forces us to prioritize the things that make process more enjoyable, true, delightful and meaningful.

Rebecca • [BIFFS vol. 2] Work as trace

from outcome to process

Trusting yourself looks like finding the courage to override the constant temptations to minimize the small but meaningful steps you’re taking to honor your intuition. Trusting yourself looks like depersonalizing setbacks. Trusting yourself looks like realizing that just because the thing you felt so certain about changed, that doesn’t mean you wer

Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control

self trust and

Try to make something perfect and it will remain imperfect. Do it naturally and it is always perfect. Nature is perfect; effort is imperfect. So whenever you are doing something too much, you are destroying.

Osho • Creativity: Unleashing the Forces Within (Osho Insights for a New Way of Living)

Perfectionism is not a pathology

When you make something for someone else, you get glimpses. When you make something for you, you get goosebumps.

Jason Fried • Tweet

manifesto craft and

‘I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It is knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth and then simply doing it.’ ⁃ Natalie Goldberg, ‘Writing Down The Bones’

Heidi Priebe x.com

The Forest and

PAUSE: Postpone Action Until Serenity Enters.

recovery