Kasturi Kiri
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Kasturi Kiri
“The concept of the sacred and the archival is being lost because of the novel environment of the internet.”
-Eric Weinstein
The inundation of information on the internet means meaningful ideas get lost.
In Ursula K. Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction (1986), Le Guin posits the first human tool as the basket, not the spear, thereby recasting the first protagonist as a gatherer, not a hunter. Not only did this address the deeply gendered roles of these two parts, it also changed the singular hero to the plural collective, from he to we. “Before... See more
Mindy Seu • On Gathering
‘Gathering’ is a useful and powerful tool.
It generates community.
Projects have been filed, things are being read and re-read, the work seems to be going vaguely in the right direction. I should be happy, or at least satisfied! But I am not! The only thing that has defined this period is a vague, indiscriminate ennui that pervades everything. It’s like I’ve been pouring myself into a vessel that’s too small. Or... See more
Michael Rance • 'You Can Live the Wrong Life'
You might not be pouring your energy into the right thing.
Readers don’t have short attention spans—they have short enchantment spans .
Celine Nguyen • In Praise of Writing on the Internet
Things follow their natural course. They grow, they ripen. I must graft. I must water, as with lettuce. Ripening goes on in my mind. So I’m always working at a great many things at the same time.
Joan Miro • I Work Like a Gardener
Ideas, if watered regularly, are always ripening in the mind.
Collecting and archiving are ways to reclaim and own our attention—they are acts of meaning-making. These practices are rituals: habits and skills that demand time, patience, and a willingness to look beyond the surface.
To collect well is to resist algorithmic influence. A true collection reflects deeply personal values and a genuine desire to... See more
To collect well is to resist algorithmic influence. A true collection reflects deeply personal values and a genuine desire to... See more
Patricia Hurducaș • Archives: Anchors For Attention
Archiving / collecting requires deep and intentional awareness and attention
Once the search is in progress, something will be found . It’s a strategy for finishing, a strategy for trusting in my ability to complete a work.
Celine Nguyen • Oblique Strategies for Starting a New Project
For five years, I’ve ceased to experience with shame what can be experienced with pleasure and triumph (sexuality, jealousy, class differences). Shame spreads over everything, prevents any further progress.
Celine Nguyen • you are good enough as you are
Actively counterbalance shame with pleasure, pride and joy.
Shame is unnecessary and contagious.
Card quote from Annie Ernaux’s Getting Lost