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Understanding that nothing is permanent will have us understand that this moment will never be again - there may be similar moments, there may be more beautiful or uglier moments, but this specific moment will never be again. When we know this, being present and seeing meaning even in the most mundane of things becomes very easy because every... See more

The vessel doesn't need to be perfect. The vessel needs to be strong enough to survive the descent. That's it. Everything beyond that threshold is dwarf vanity.

The dwarf wants the work to LAST. The dwarf wants the object to ENDURE. But endurance is a dwarf metric. The elf doesn't care about endurance. The elf cares about impact. A supernova lasts for seconds and rearranges the chemical composition of galaxies. A rock lasts for billions of years and rearranges nothing.

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Paulo Coelho

Shakespeare, Velazquez, and Kubrick share the ability to look their audience—essentially their market—directly in the eye and show them something they would not otherwise see: themselves, as perceived through the eyes of someone whose deepest loyalty lies with the artwork. This position makes the artist neither an ally nor an enemy, but something... See more

Rebecca Solnit - “underneath the task of writing a particular piece is the general one of making a self who can make the work you are meant to make.” https://t.co/hfVXl0yIp2