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Relaxed while working
The synchronicities tend to happen in our most relaxed moments, not when we’re stressing out about work or life. Bothersome thoughts place a block on our ability to connect disparate ideas. So too does a tense face. Anxiety undermines attention, and with it, additional perspective. Our capacity to retain information expands upon the pace of […]
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The corrosive side of ambition
The corrosive side of ambition draws us into an unending hole of dissatisfaction. Competition, whether within the inner self or with other’s attrits the soul. No one wants mediocrity. But they do want less stress. We operate best in flow, a process of thinking without thinking, where the mind matches the thoughts of the pen. […]
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Known and strange things
Exploration augments the senses. Within the pursuit of strangeness lies one important truth: we prefer the unknown. Can you imagine if the world stopped innovating, where everyone just decided that they’d seen it all! Yet even history compels us to repeat new mistakes. Discovery pushes us forward slowly. There’s a limit to all the novel information […]
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A vocation of old and new
Everyone harbors an undeniable vocation that starts when we’re kids. Playing in the NBA, winning a Grammy or an Oscar — most aspirations are pipe dreams. But the characteristics we build in pursuing those far-fetched fantasies such as confidence, persistence, result from facing all the anxieties and fears that arise from such honest confrontation. When […]
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Stop making new mistakes
History teaches us our mistakes. What it doesn’t teach us is how to avoid repeating them. Because we just make new ones. The past, present, and future are GIF loops. We are condemned to err all over again, slightly different than before. Yet, we keep testing our limits, believing that we can reach the mirage. Possibilities […]
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Evolutionary parameters
We evolve from the art of spontaneity. The future is an extension of the present. We respond to the demands of the moment with ingenuity, not suave perfection. Humans harbor the same creative impulses: to survive, express, and question the status quo. In the 14th century, we wore pointed medieval shoes. Today, we’re wearing Nike, […]
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Busy living with doubt
The painful past, the anxious future, the joyful present — to be alive in any mood requires that we hop over the indifference threshold. The more we feel negative emotions, the more we care. The caring fever remains scarce even when others don’t. The fool ignores their own peril and remains stuck in a state […]
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Predictably unpredictable
All outcomes are predictably unpredictable. There is no such thing as chance, with most things in life predetermined at the outset of infancy. Free will, the so-called author of our choices, presents constraints. What happens when the amygdala, the brain’s seat of emotions, chooses for us? Instinct overrides self-control. We manufacture great urges in a […]
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Powering off
Dreaming exudes clarity. Only when our mind is in a state of utter relaxation do the disparate parts coalesce. Yet, the era of self-thought and free will is nearing the end. Unable to sleep, we slump into the distraction of rectangular glows before drowning in information overload. The algorithms ensure we never think for ourselves. […]
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Doing it our own way
To do it our own way, for you, regardless of external interpretation and expectation. Individuality is all we have. Character is destiny. Sure, it’s in our DNA as social human beings to want to receive feedback on our creative outpourings. But making is therapeutic in itself. Output is the manifestation of input. What we cultivate […]
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Reborn ideas
Life arises out of nonlife, developing as a consequence of the random workings of nature. Similarly, creativity arises out of noncreativity. Concepts are non-existent without chance execution. All ideas are dead ideas until further movement. Yet, it is procrastination that brings some of our best work to the forefront. Clarity emerges during idle times — thoughts coalesce […]
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The boss of time
Time is more important than money, yet time is money. So the clock (exported by the East India Company) emerged as a system for streamlining global trade. He who obeys the hour, minute, and second is a slave of time. Nature moves toward continuous variation regardless of tick-tocks, adhering to the sun, water, seasons, and […]