Kasturi Kiri
@shoesatthe_door
Kasturi Kiri
In 1817, the poet John Keats wrote a letter to his brothers to share this exciting realization. “At once it struck me,” Keats wrote, “what quality went to form a Man of Achievement … Negative Capability.” Keats explains that “Negative Capability” is “when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching... See more
the ability to stick things out and weather storms of uncertainty is what makes a man of achievement
Charleston — Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines: a radical art school
charleston.org.uk
Computer Science in the 1960s to 80s spent a lot of effort making languages which were as powerful as possible. Nowadays we have to appreciate the reasons for picking not the most powerful solution but the least powerful. The reason for this is that the less powerful the language, the more you can do with the data stored in that language . If you... See more
leananki.com • Zettelkasten Method: How to Take Smart Notes
archival as lifestyle and organisation
The simpler the idea, the more potential it has
I have only one more idea left.. but perhaps 40, 45 years to live.. I need to spread it very finely... like buttering a star —
Philip Traylen on Substack
Agua Viva vibes
“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.
[Persistent self-love]...is not the feeling that I am awesome all the time. Instead, it is the total banishment of self-loathing. It is the deactivation of the part of my mind that used to attack itself...It’s the sense that, while I might fuck up, my basic worth is beyond question—I have no essential damage, I am not polluted, I am fine.
Celine Nguyen • you are good enough as you are
Self love means you don’t question your basic worth.
shelf/desk/library