My Mind

Wow. My Mind seems impressive. Definitely trying this.

ps: OMG! The onboarding is a piece of art. The entire experience is a dream. YES!

Permission to be Creative

I keep coming back to this gem. This part:

“… It’s so beautiful is the thing that worries me sometimes whenever you talk about creativity, because it can have this kind of feel that it’s just nice, you know, it’s warm or it’s something pleasant.

It’s not it’s vital. It’s the way we heal each other in singing our song and telling our story and inviting you to say, hey, listen to me and I’ll listen to you. We’re starting a dialogue, you know. And when you do that, this healing happens and we come out of our corners and we start to witness each other’s common humanity. We start to assert it. And when we do that, really good things happen. So if you want to help your community, if you want to help your family, if you want to help your friends, you have to express yourself and to express yourself, you have to know yourself.”

Ólafur Arnalds live from Hafursey

Jelly Wobbler

I applaud Nik Ramage for the invention of the Jelly Wobbler.

Meditation: A Practice of RAIN

I keep coming back to Tara Brach’s Practice of RAIN often. RAIN stands for:

Recognize what is happening;
Allow the experience to be there, just as it is;
Investigate with interest and care;
Nurture with self-compassion.

Will AI Change Our Memories?

What a curious time we live in. Will AI Change Our Memories?

The Lion King: Tiny Desk Concert

Imagine you are at work and then this happens one cubicle over. I love Tiny Desk Concerts so very much. Fun fact: The first Tiny Desk Concert came about in 2008 after Bob Boilen and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson left South by Southwest frustrated that they couldn’t hear the music over the crowd noise. Thompson joked that the musician, folk singer Laura Gibson, should just perform at Boilen’s desk. A month later Boilen arranged for her to do just that, making an impromptu recording and posting it online. The name is taken from Boilen’s 1970s psychedelic dance band called Tiny Desk Unit.

The Art of Asking

Not a new talk. Amanda Palmer is a force. Worth rewatching.

Andres Amador’s Earthscapes

What a beautiful soul: Andrews Amador.

Brian Eno on the Importance of Creative Intelligence of Community


(Thank you Tim)

Charlie Wilson: Tiny Desk Concert

What does it mean to go home to yourself?

(Via Dense Discovery)

Still Life

Composed of over 1000 engravings from the 19th century, Still Life is a meditation on subject/object dualism.

Why So Many People Need Glasses Now

(via Chris)

32 Sounds

32 Sounds is an immersive feature documentary and sensory film experience by Sam Green that explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Featuring original compositions by JD Samson, 32 Sounds is designed to be experienced with personal headphones for a truly unique binaural audio experience.

The Era of AI

(Thanks Tim)

Typesetting: Linotype (Part I)

This is beautifully nerdy.

(Thanks Steve!)

An Old Man’s Advice

This is wholesome.

(Thank you Ella)

Just For The Sake of Being Creative

I love this woman. Thank you Elyse Myers.

Obsolete Sounds

The world’s biggest collection of obsolete sounds. Made me look.

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Everyone’s Upstairs Neighbors

This is funny.

The Future Will be Shaped by Optimists

“Every great and difficult thing has required a strong sense of optimism,” says editor and author Kevin Kelly, who believes that we have a moral obligation to be optimistic.

Reverse Waterfall

Photographer RJ Hooper captured the rare phenomenon of a reverse waterfall in Ivins, Utah. There’s a metaphor in here, isn’t there?

Gregory Porter

I saw Gregory Porter in concert on Saturday here in Brooklyn. What a beautiful talent this man is.