Life
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See it to believe it
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We mistakenly believe that we find ourselves through our material possessions. But experiences are what put the bones in the goose. The rest (clothing, tattoos) are just acts of signaling. We mistakenly believe that speeding up leads to better thoughts. However, hastiness leads to impulsiveness and myopia. It takes patience to link things together. Information…
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Looking ahead, seeing behind
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Stuck in the moment, nostalgic for the past. How do people run life at a dizzying pace while also wanting society to replicate the 1950s? Technology facilitates progress yet turns back the clock on thinking. Mobile phones allow anyone with a social account to amplify misinformation and weaken the willpower to do good. Even the inactive…
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To write is to forget. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Music soothes, the visual arts exhilarate, and the performing arts (such as acting and dance) entertain. Literature, however, retreats from life by turning it into a slumber. The other arts make no such retreat — some because they use visible and…
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A mind virus
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People like to gravitate toward solutions. They’d rather think they know something than cope with all the anxiety surrounding the mysterious present. Truth is a mental implantation. In reality, we just believe the story we tell ourselves. Conversely, thinking is a ‘dialogue between the two me’s.’ The curious mind acts like inserting graphite into a…
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The courage to believe
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If you don’t believe in yourself, who will? Faith drives action. Faith drives results. Without faith, nothing works. Indifference and pessimism are attractive because they’re the easiest to obtain, the most accessible to deploy and practice. “Ask yourself this: would your childhood self be proud of you, or embarrassed?” Julien Smith, The Flinch Pursuing the…
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When illusion meets reality
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How real is any of this, our minds continually intertwined with the screen of irreality. We can only be certain of what can see, surely. But the computer is an extension of our brain. Technology presents an alternative existence that replaces the status-quo with a broad range of possibilities. We are just beginning to see…
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Setting sun
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Whether we establish a route or keep it open-ended, we can discover things along the way. Constraints produce their own magic. They make us innovate based on what we have to play with. But so too do indefinite destinations. Out of curiosity blooms everything. The more we know, the more we want to know We…
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The nothing special
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Look for a way of life, unmoored from staring at the donut hole. Conversely, the hybrid of work and life is what makes the donut whole. The game of goal-setting is paradoxically non-interventionist. You don’t attack the carrot, you chew on it slowly. The policy of non-engagement holds into force the inertia of nature’s progress.…
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A little more audience, a little more action
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It’s rough and ruthless, but criticism saves you time. People aren’t trying to be mean. They’re just trying to keep you from banging your head into the same wall. Scientists can’t continue publishing the same paper over and over again. Apple can’t just release another iPhone without drastic improvements. As they say, sameness destroys creativity.…
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Staying edgy…
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The audience already exists. The hard part is getting them to pay attention to your story. How do you gain a fan base in the era of distraction? You select a specific audience, even one person, and write for them. Different is attractive The first few years of anonymity are the hardest but they are also…
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Creativity is a form of prayer
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We give anxiety power, and the right brain consciousness loves to conjure up imaginary bombs of self-destruction. What if instead of keeping any worries in we could express them through outward movement, some form of art. The art of fiction, the art of underwater basket weaving, the art of rolling dice — whatever you fancy…