Kasturi Kiri
@shoesatthe_door
Kasturi Kiri
organisation and archival as lifestyle
In ‘Zettelkasten’ note-taking, each note/idea captured is organised in a non-hierarchical way.
This way, we are able to retain the purity/full potential of an idea, rather than file it under a large category which pre-determines and limits its usefulness
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.
In the being mode, remembering is actively recalling words, ideas, sights, paintings, music; that is, connecting the single datum to be remembered and the many other data that it is connected with.
Erich Fromm • To Have or To Be? (Continuum Impacts)
Remembering is active.
Any one memory contains multiple references to other memories.
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.
Mindy Seu on Phoebe Lovatt’s Deep Read podcast
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they
did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it,
they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.
—Steve Jobs
did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it,
they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.
—Steve Jobs
Christian • Create Zettel From Reading Notes According to the Principle of Atomicity • Zettelkasten Method
Creative people make connections between pre-existing ideas
In the old system, the question is: Under which topic do I store this note? In the new system, the question is: In which context will I want to stumble upon it again? (Ahrens, 2017)
leananki.com • Zettelkasten Method: How to Take Smart Notes
archival as lifestyle and organisation
Ideas aren’t static or finished. They are energy, waiting to be transformed by the context in which it presents itself.