Sarah Pollock
@sarahjordyn
Sarah Pollock
Similarly, I think people need to ask themselves – and it might be easier if we ask each other – What do you really want to be doing? How did you fall in love in the first place? People start optimizing for things like “hm, if I did this I would get 5% more traffic” or “I would get to the next follower milestone” I think because it’s visible, and... See more
Anna Dorothea Ker • "People First" - Making Tech Work for You
Maybe cognitive minimalism— identifying which mental loops actually matter, and pruning the rest— isn't deprivation but liberation.
Parakeet • Skittle Factory Dementia Monkey Titty Monetization
I think the key to posting online / being seen online is not feeling responsible for anyone who’s not caught up on your lore. You won’t be able to stop and explain yourself to everybody and catch them up on all that you’ve been cooking and pulling from over decades and you gotta let it go. The bigger you get, the more you’ll find total randoms... See more
⊹ ࣪ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ⊹x.comWhat is love? Ask 19 geniuses. Get 19 answers.
• Plato: It's remembering a soul.
• Freud: It's desire in disguise.
• Buddha: It's letting go.
• Nietzsche: It's dangerous weakness.
• Aristotle: It's one soul in two bodies.
• Kafka: It's a wound that... See more
Unfilteredx.comGRIMES: I think that’s the huge privilege of an artist. Nothing can hurt you because every bit of pain you’ve lived allows you to make great things.
“This Is A Bigger Deal Than Jesus”: The Return of Grimes
Half of Silicon Valley talks about taste now the way sommelier hobbyists talk about terroir: with enormous confidence, zero productive capacity, and the unmistakable pleasure of smelling their own farts. They think having taste means knowing the right references and owning a Noguchi lamp. It doesn't. Taste, real taste, has always been a darkly... See more
Douglas Brundage • Taste Test: Encrusting the Tortoise
reminders and
6 quotes from Alysa Liu I heard recently that altered my brain chemistry:
“I love struggling. It makes me feel alive.”
I’m connected to everything but I’m not attached to anything.”
“My story, my art, my creative process. I guess messing up doesn’t take away any of that.”
“A bad story is still a story and I think that’s beautiful".”
“Winning isn’t all