Bradley McDevitt
@soupbone
Archetypal Scholar, Leadership Development Coach, Theater Nerd, Clown
Bradley McDevitt
thearchetype.substack.com
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time. – Leonard Bernstein
- Eros—carnal desire—is an embodied experience, and our phones do a terrific job of getting us out of our bodies and into our heads. In the digital age, we often neglect our bodies entirely, and use them merely as a way to transport our heads to meetings. (The rise of rave culture and physical fitness programs since the 1990s is perhaps evidence that... See more
- Communication creates community. The way we communicate forms the types of communities we form: communities where the highest good sought is great entertainment and prestige (“he prepares for those podcasts like none other, and asks banger questions!”) or communities oriented toward the truth and encounters with the real.
- “Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”
~ Susan Sontagfrom Poetic Outlaws on Substack
- It’s tough, but curating our exposure to incoming data is critical. If we are consistently participating in a cycle of negativity, this can and will affect our minds. Seek balance. While we cannot bury our heads in the sand and hide from darker realities, we should seek positive and neutral content to supplement. The world has both darkness and lig... See more
We start in the depths of time and soul, in the collective archetypal lands of equally bright light and darkness, the depository of humanity’s psychic inheritance.
from Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine by Allyson Grey
- An avant-garde needs a scene, and the cities are too expensive for scenes now. An avant-garde needs an excess of time, and that’s in short supply nearly everywhere.
Lucy Sante
- Walking lets you read the world — and much like the slow, contemplative mental processes involved in reading a book, the pace with which one moves through the world while walking allows for a different, deliberative kind of seeing . You notice more. You think more.
from "The World Reveals Itself to Those Who Walk"
Theater & Other Productive Rituals
Also of note: Walking helps move lymph throughout the body. Stay fluid, my friends.
”People’s opinions are mainly designed to make them feel comfortable; truth, for most people is a secondary consideration.”
— Bertrand Russell
Unbearable Creativity & Terrible Beauty and Leadership Development