Sadie Lewandowski
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Sadie Lewandowski
“There are ducks on the farm and at one point Abrams says to Sebald, ‘I have always kept ducks, even as a child, and the colours of their plumage, in particular the dark green and snow white, seemed to me the only possible answer to the questions that are on my mind.’ It is an odd thing to say, but Sebald’s book is a long walk of oddities. I did no
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What I’m in search of is maybe hard to explain in a neat sentence, but, maybe, it’s some sense of resonance. You know when you’re reading and you’re like “Oh, this person is saying this thing I’ve been thinking or feeling forever, but didn’t know how to express in words?” That’s a beautiful feeling when you can see yourself more clearly through som... See more
On the value of being a beginner
A lot of very smart people work in strange ways / with a lot of quirks (e.g. contemplating for hours and appearing to do nothing, while then suddenly having 100x output burst). This usually makes them not a great fit for traditional corporate world, where you often have to fake…
Laura Wendelx.comProductivity systems are procrastination tools for slow decision-makers.
Daniel Kazandjian • Minimum Viable Productivity
we’ve built an entire shadow economy around the simulation of work rather than work itself. the productivity-industrial complex feeds on the desire to feel like you’re making progress rather than actually making it.
the demand for infinite guides, planners, frameworks, & self-improvement content isn’t surprising—there’s... See more
signüllx.comThe thing you are deeply yearning to create is told to you in all the subtle ways other people's artwork slightly misses the mark
Miles Johnstonx.com"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. The same is true of any endeavor: if the solution you seek doesn't exist, create it."
3-2-1: Four questions for life, how to learn like a child, and seeing things in a generous way
Art is craft: all art is always and essentially a work of craft: but in the true work of art, before the craft and after it, is some essential, durable core of being, which is what the craft works on, and shows, and sets free. The statue in the stone. How does the artist find that, see it, before it’s visible? That is a real question. One of my fav
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