July 2010
1 post
April 2010
2 posts
February 2010
12 posts
“you can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, even months analyzing a situation;...”
– tupac
On wisdom →
bobulate:
Andrew Zuckerman’s latest feat reveals how 51 people weigh in on the topic of wisdom. Some selections:
“Your best work is your expression of yourself. You may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you’re the only expert in it.” —Frank Gehry ”You can’t get to wonderful without passing through alright. You can’t skip from not being able to function all the way over to running...
“I’ll leave them to do what they want
I’ll leave them to do what...”
– This Is Just a Modern Rock Song
l’esprit de l’escalier
(idiomatic) The experience of thinking of a devastating rejoinder only after leaving the scene of the debate.
You’re telling me that the French have a phrase for when I think of the most crippling insults only after I’ve forfeited a debate like a bubbling idiot?
Common Answers for Common Questions
Many gems in Frank Chimero’s blog:
viafrank:
So, the most frequently asked questions. You know, the first 4 questions that always get asked whenever you go see a designer speak. I secretly loathe being asked these questions.
What inspires you? How do you find inspiration? Everybody’s inspired by the same things: the stuff they come in contact with. No exceptions. If you’re not inspired,...
"So simple it hurts."
Waking up to misinformed statements about climate change, egged on by an east coast snow storm, (duh global warming can’t be real if snow is cold,) I went on a rampage to read about people who actually cared about the current state of things. If I hadn’t found this, I might’ve spent the rest of my day in bed wallowing in my hopelessness.
Check it: Unpackaged is a London market...
“We tend to think of craft in the tangible things—in the elegant drape of...”
– “On Craft” - A Working Library
January 2010
9 posts
“Oh, I’ll settle down with some old story
About a boy who’s just...”
– Belle & Sebastian, “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying” on repeat
“Oh, if I could make sense of it all!
I wish that I could sing
I’d stay...”
– Belle & Sebastian, act of the apostle ii
“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s...”
– Conan O’Brien (via mollyisalreadytaken)
“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because...”
– A.A. Milne (via fuckyeahhappy) (via owltastic)
December 2009
19 posts
“The Buddhist view takes the function of work to be at least threefold: to give...”
– E.F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful
“Reading must occur everyday, but it is not just any daily reading that will do....”
– “Ways of Reading” from the wonderful http://aworkinglibrary.com
1 tag
THINGS THAT HAVE INSPIRED ME BEFORE 12PM TODAY
Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you. — Dr. Seuss
“A Pet Project for Life, Not Just for Christmas” Two habits I’d like to adopt are: creating something every day, and not expecting perfection or allowing for frustration. Every hobby I’ve ever attempted, I abandon immediately because I’m not patient. The first...
“This is what we do, humans. We tinker, and change, and endlessly imagine a more...”
– Ira Glass (via Laura Miner)
November 2009
12 posts
“Kathy, I’m lost,” I said though I knew she was sleeping. “I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why.”
If I were to define “gut-wrenching” using a song lyric, that would do it.
