“If you want to go quickly, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.”
— African Proverb
Go Far
An Alphabet Made of New York City Trees
Artist Katie Holten created a New York City Tree Alphabet. Lovely.
Grown Alchemist
I recently bought this moisturizer from Grown Alchemist. Not only does it look beautiful, it’s also really nourishing. Love it.
Michelle Jader
Love these paintings in motion by Michelle Jader.
‘Cones of Shame’
I giggled upon seeing this interpretation of a ‘dog cone of shame‘.
Serious Leisure
“A hobby is an activity undertaken purely for its own sake, but technology attempts to monetize it. A friend used to make beautiful earrings occasionally. Almost ritualistically, she would buy the beads, and carefully craft the small, colored jewels in a quiet workspace. Then came Etsy. Now she makes beautiful earrings and sells them, ships them and manages this business along with a full-time job and a family. What was leisure became labor.”
(via Jocelyn)
Circle Tote
Something tells me Maria, aka brainpickings, would love this tote.
Naming Plants
“Do your plants have names?” I was asked over dinner this past weekend. I shook my head. I couldn’t help but feel like I was a bad plant mom. The next morning, I woke up and spent an hour thoroughly overthinking and finding a name for my green friends. A weirdly satisfying experiment.
Now, I keep a list of potential names for new plants. One of them, I just added today, is Leif.
Letterlist
Letterlist allows you to find newsletters based on your interests. I signed up for a few new ones.
Balance
These balancing bowls won my heart.
Friday Link Pack
(via)
– On Shallow Work (via)
– 30 Legendary Startup Pitch Decks and What You Can Learn From Them
– An Interactive Map of the 2,000+ Sounds Humans Use to Communicate Without Words: Grunts, Sobs, Sighs, Laughs & More
– My 9 year old enjoyed this video: Animals You’ll (Strangely) Never See In Captivity.
– My friends at FictiveKin created a fantastic new LIVE meditation app called Tap In. It’s a daily, ten-minute meditation appropriate for everyone whether new or experienced. This is powerful!
– Wonderful to see Pinterest’s response to harmful misinformation
– I feel this Tweet.
– The Bell Jar Light will give your most loved items pride of place in its museum-style glass case complete with unique, built-in illumination.
– Unti-tled is a pocked guide to art in New York City right now.
– 7 of the Best A/B Testing Tools for 2019
– “The amount of love and care you put into a project is always apparent. Even if people are not conscious of it, they can sense when you have paid attention to every little detail.” From Hurrly Slowly
– Three Questions for Effective Feedback
– Ever see little things moving across your field of vision? This is what causes those little floaty things.
– I love you Open Culture: Myths from around the world
– This thread is pure gold: What (online) design publications would you recommend?
– Reasons for a bad mood. This made me laugh.
– These wind maps are beautiful.
– Michael Ventura: Self-Observation Is the Skill of the Future
– I am ok with this tea towel.
– Nature, you’re drunk! 5 Facts about the Blobfish
– I can’t get enough of this dog walker in Saratoga lining up his pups.
– One day I will have a perfect spot for the Componibili 3 Tier by Kartell
– This Twitter thread on Dementia is heartwarming. My grandmother suffered from it and it was hard to see her mind go. I do remember her moments of wit and clarity in between all the fog.
– Come work with me at CreativeMornings! We’re hiring a Partnerships Coordinator
– Love love love the brand new Tattly Petite Produce Sheet by Jess Chen.
– Check the CreativeMornings job board for full-time, part-time and freelance jobs. As well, internships!
– A big thank you to Newspaper Club for sponsoring my blog and RSS Feed this week.
Smiles Guaranteed
This video always puts me in a good mood. pic.twitter.com/28bZq6zvlD
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) February 20, 2019
Hilarious Animals
This instagram post on hilarious animals is just what my soul needed.
There is No Time for Anything Else
“None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after-thought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sunshine. Jump in the ocean. Say the truth that you’re carrying in your heart like hidden treasure. Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. There’s no time for anything else.”
—Keanu ReevesNanea Hoffman
Rock Bottom
“I thought to myself if you can hit rock bottom doing the safe things everyone wants you to do, then you might as well hit rock bottom doing what you want to do.”
Ashley C. Ford on Human Storytelling, Financial Wellness, and Learning to Ask for Help
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I Have Only Now
“No matter how much time I save, I have only now.”
— James Richardson
(via Jocelyn)
Dieter Rams Lists the 10 Timeless Principles of Good Design
Dieter Rams Lists the 10 Timeless Principles of Good Design–Backed by Music by Brian Eno
The Trap of Early Feedback
“If you’ve created something that will delight and astound 10% of the marketplace, there’s a 90% chance that the first person who encounters your work will dislike it. He might even hate it. In fact, if you do the math, you’ll see that there’s more than a 70% chance that the first THREE people will hate it. And if you give up then, you’ve just walked away from serving the people you set out to serve.”
Friday Link Pack
(via The Kid Should See This)
– “I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is.” Greta Thunberg, 16 year old environmental activist, her poignant speech at the World Economic Forum can be found here. (via)
– The Atlas of Endangered Alphabets: A Free Online Atlas That Helps Preserve Writing Systems That May Soon Disappear
– Need to name something? This site will help you.
– The Abandoned Grandeur of Crumbling Palaces Showcased in Large Format Photographs by Thomas Jorion
– Loving this ombre side table.
– These Galapagos tortoises dated for almost 100 years and then they broke up and now they hate each other and no one knows why.
– A website that automatically generates new human faces, generated through AI. Refresh the site for a new face. (via Wesley)
– The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change
– The 20 Most Influential Academic Books of All Time
– I dig this Levitating Moon Lamp
– I dig these banana pjs.
– Download Free Coloring Books from 113 Museums
– Where does your recycling go?
– I’ll be speaking at CollabFest at Clemson University on February 28th. Join?
– I wish these custom name bath towels came in black and white. I am trying to find super minimal, modern, customizable name towels.
– Matthew Walker says that sleeping well is the best thing you can do for your health.
– Psst… Tattly is running a rare 30% sale.
– A sentence we hear a lot: “The nicest people always come through the CreativeMornings Job Board!” A truly global job board with full-time, part-time, freelance, internships and remote opportunities.
– A big thank you to Ode to Things for sponsoring my blog and RSS Feed this week.
The Period Game
The Period Game got me with the spinning ovaries. I am definitely backing this Kickstarter.