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You'll probably have to find the city where you feel at home to know what sort of ambition you have.

The Impressionists show the typical pattern: they were born all over France (Pissarro was born in the Caribbean) and died all over France, but what de

We, who live here and now, are not for a moment satisfied in the time-world nor confined in it; we incessantly flow over and over to those who precede

Ma in Japanese culture[edit] In modern interpretations of traditional Japanese arts and culture, ma is an artistic interpretation of an empty space, o

People fear nothingness. However in zen, we are taught to value emptiness as a source of potential and creativity. Think of it as an empty garden or a

value shifts from intelligence, efficiency, and metrics toward felt experience —bodily, emotional, textural, relational. biology, materials, design:

(1) 5 Questions on Material Stewardship with Harsha Kotak

People can feel care and discern quality. Though they cannot articulate it consciously, when given the option and when within their means, humanity se

Instead, they are asking something far more unsettling for brands: Does this mean something?Does this object reflect who I am – or who I aspire to be?

If your mind is truly, profoundly stuck, then you may be much better off that when it was loaded with ideas. p269

But technology is simply the making of things and the making of things can't by its own nature be ugly or there would be no possibility for beauty in

The social values are right only if the individual values are right. The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, a

The inability to imagine a world in which things are different is evidence only of a poor imagination, not the impossibility of change. — Rutger Br

When you reflect on what you collect, you start noticing patterns. You connect dots that once felt totally unrelated. You move from passive consumer t

But technology is simply the making of things and the making of things can't by its own nature be ugly or there would be no possibility for beauty in

It wounds us because it reminds us of the distance between the world as it is and the world as it ought to be. This is why beauty is inherently danger

Beauty acts as that great psychic liver, filtering the toxins of existence and turning the raw material of pain into the refined gold of meaning.

The world today is fractured by a “failure of imagination.” We find it easier to imagine the end of the world than a world that is beautiful. We have

But technology is simply the making of things and the making of things can't by its own nature be ugly or there would be no possibility for beauty in

If I want to be a writer who is any good, I really think I am going to have to be bored more often, which means sequestering my attention to my surrou

Time is the best editor. If you have it, time is the easiest trick for self-editing. Simply put your work away long enough so when you come back to it

'The trouble is that essays always have to sound like God talking for eternity, and that isn't the way it ever is. People should see that it's never a

The project I'm doing is basically turning myself into a certain type of person who is able to have these thoughts. The essays are kind of just exhaus

The word “essay” comes from the French “essayer” — to try, to attempt. Michel de Montaigne, who invented the form in the 16th century, wasn’t showing

the goal is not to separate the strands, it's to document the tangle. (Ann Friedman)

The tyranny of the quantifiable tramples over the question of what it is we get from doing the work, why we might want to do it, how writing – which i

On the first of the month, on the first of the year, a small seed is planted. It becomes very important to tend to that seed, to mark its progress as

Imperfection is the backbone of our lives.   Nature has never demanded perfection of us, nor has evolution ever rewarded it. Total perfection would me

The tyranny of the quantifiable tramples over the question of what it is we get from doing the work, why we might want to do it, how writing – which i

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Beauty saves us by keeping us human enough to remain in a world that often feels inhuman. It is the thin, golden thread, the Songline, that leads us b

AI can make the contents of libraries more accessible than ever, and help us to magnify and make connections among what we discover. But it cannot yet

We read magazines and the glass of wine in my hand refills itself thanks to the magical properties of women gathered in a room.

Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant — there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing. Georgia O'Keeffe: Art and Letters

I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am. Charles Horton Cooley

I see a lot of technologists, particularly the CEOs of Silicon Valley companies, pontificating grand ideas about artificial intelligence and what huma

A beautiful question shapes a beautiful mind. And so the ability to ask beautiful questions — often in very un-beautiful moments — is one of the great

Asking vs Prompting the language we use in relation to these tools reveals how we understand ourselves in relation to them. gone are the days of askin

My soul, when I tend to it, is a far more expansive and fascinating source of guidance than my ego will ever be, because my soul desires only one thin

and the soul, if that’s what you’d call it, uneasy ally of the body First Time - Hozier

AI writing is soulless. You can read something and know that there is nothing of substance behind it. Whereas when you read a great piece of writing,

there is no local anaesthetic for the soul — joshua luke smith

It’s reminded me that evil, as Hannah Arendt famously wrote, is banal: it’s something all of us far too readily participate in. That doesn’t, however,

Intelligence is not synonymous with consciousness and lived experience. Philosophers and neuroscientists studying embodied cognition argue that experi

AI writing is soulless. You can read something and know that there is nothing of substance behind it. Whereas when you read a great piece of writing,

Apr 28, 2025First Things to Do on a New MacAchieve a clean and organised setup right from the start.

"What appears to be a rapid shift is often preceded by a gradual process. Our results gradually explode or vanish thanks to the small habits we repeat

“How did you accomplish that?” “Same as everything else. Gradually, then all at once.”

In this new paradigm, the question becomes less about what AI can do and more about how we choose to use it, what we allow it to replace, and what we

How could technology help us be more human, not less?

who are you thinking about while the kettle is boiling?

are you climbing a mountain for the world to see you or for you to see the world?

Ironically, the people who create fulfilling lives and careers—the ones we respect, admire and try to emulate—choose an alternative path to success. T

It’s increasingly clear to me that a consultant that can help shape the narrative of an organization can have real impact on everything from the brand