Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Creative work as a partnership between disciplined human labor and mysterious inspiration, rejecting passive muse-worship and total control.
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And for me, the reason that is not a scary idea is because I don't ascribe to a sort of narrow view of the muse that says, I mean, I think that the two ways that artists are usually given to look at their work is either you are the servant of the muse, right? You're just a hand puppet. Or you are dominating that thing.
Like, you know, Nabokov said,
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Contrasting Western human supremacy with Japanese interbeing worldview, redefining humans and AI as equal participants in nature
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So to be human beings, which is very different from animals and other species, we need to behave as if we are not animal. Right, exactly. Yeah, so in this culture, we have been alienating ourselves from animal nature so that we can differentiate ourselves from other species like animals or plants.
Maybe this is related to monoistic gut culture or Ab
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Mouthwash Studio • Is anyone going to make these data centers beautiful?
We call it a belief system because it's more than a collection of values. It's how we see the world and what is missing.
Make stuff you use every day—it makes for a better life.
Make it better—do less if you need to.
Nothing is finished—everything can be rethought.
Think small—make one small part of the world as it should be.
Slow down—put in the time &
