Moon Joy. I am here for it. Thank you NASA. These four humans fill my heart with so much hope and love.
Personal Encyclopedias
Using wiki software, old photos, family stories, bank transactions, social media posts, and an LLM to sift through everything to build a personal encyclopedia? Yes, please! whoami.wiki as an open source project. The encyclopedia is yours, it runs on your machine, your data stays with you, and any model can read it.
(via Jason)
Red Lipped Bat Fish
This made me giggle. Nature is silly. Did you know the Red-Lipped Batfish is a thing?
One of My Favorite Conversations…
My friend Derek Andersen founder of StartupGrind invited me to be on his Podcast called Divot. Loved our conversation, his curious and gentle orientation and most of all, his lighting questions at the end. (Starting around 35:25min)
PS: They got the community size wrong: We gather 25,000 creatives every month in 70 countries and have 600,000 members.
Weird Kid
Love this print and sentiment by James Victore.
The Lonely Funeral Project
“Two decades ago, some poets in the Netherlands decided that people not having anyone attend their funeral was an unacceptable ending for a human life. In 2001, a poet named Bart Droog began attending the funerals of people who had no one to attend them and honoring the dead with a poem based on whatever was known about their life. A year later, Dutch poet and artist Frank Starik took the idea even further, launching The Lonely Funeral project to ensure that someone who cares consciously acknowledges the life of a person who has died.
The idea was to create a network of poets who would find out whatever they could about the person, write a custom poem about their life and read it at their funeral. As of 2018, over 300 “lonely funerals” had been attended by poets in Amsterdam and Antwerp (where Flemish poet Maarten Inghels launched a Lonely Funeral project seven years after Starik’s).”
Read More about The Lonely Funeral
(via this article)
Worldwide Sidewalk Joy Map
Sidewalk Joy spots are free, curated public galleries, exchanges and displays. Installed in curb gardens, front yards or sides of buildings these projects were created to bring a bit of whimsy and inspiration to the community. Examples include Free Little Art Galleries, Puzzle Exchanges, Toy Swaps, year-round and often updated yard displays, Wishing Trees, and more!
Dog Rugs
These dog rugs by Emily O’Leary are weird and fascinating.
Cassette Label Generator
This Cassette Label Generator lets you make an old-school cassette label from a Spotify playlist. The best part: It comes with a QR code one doesn’t actually have to own a cassette player to listen to it. SO FUN!
(via)
Protocol Cards
Protocolcards.com is a digital deck of evidence‑backed nervous system “protocols” you can pull up when you don’t know what to do with yourself.
(via Cool Tools)
Molly Guard
Old-school computing has a term “molly guard”: it’s the little plastic safety cover you have to move out of the way before you press some button of significance.
(via Chris)
Do Not Panic
This poster by David Schmitt made me smile.
The Thinking Game
The other day, Tim and I watched this documentary. (It’s free on Youtube) We were enthralled by the inside story of the AI breakthrough that won a Nobel Prize.
Instructions before visiting Earth
In the event that you wake up
and find your soul separated from source
and manifest into material form, don’t panic.
Your condition is only temporary.You have been selected for the opportunity
of human incarnation.This 3D simulation is designed
to break up the monotony of eternity
by giving you a fully immersive experience
as a distinct ego identity.Your body will serve
as your physical avatar
as you navigate a dense and dramatic reality.
There will be many distractions
causing you to forget your true nature and origin.
You will experience a range of emotions
from joy to loneliness to despair.But remember – no matter
what trials and traumas you encounter,
your soul remains perfectly safe.At times you may feel lost or afraid.
This is totally normal.
If you ever need guidance,
simply slow down your busy mind
and bring your awareness
to the quiet place
inside yourself.On this planet, nothing is permanent.
People and things will come and go.
You will fall in love and form sentimental attachments
only to lose everything you hold dear.So cling to nothing too tightly, even yourself,
and when it’s time to let go, let go with grace,
for nothing is owned, only borrowed.As you walk among
the people on the planet,
try to be a good guest.
Tread lightly. Remember
that you are only visiting.
Don’t make a mess.
Listen more than you speak.
Give more than you take.Don’t keep your soft heart
locked inside a glass cage,
protected from wear and tear.You’ll never make it out alive
and time passes quickly.
So come back with some battle scars
and good stories to tell.
Listening as Alchemy
“To listen is to place oneself in relation with uncertainty, with not-knowing, with the unknowable. Alchemists knew this well: the process could not be rushed, outcomes could not be guaranteed. Listening likewise resists certainty. It asks for a suspension of control, a willingness to not know in advance what will emerge. This is why listening feels risky. It exposes the listener to alteration. One cannot listen deeply and remain untouched.”
What an incredibly beautiful post on Listening as Alchemy.
(Thank you Vicki)
Erwin Wurm
Erwin Wurm’s absurd art makes my heart sing.
No Idea
This No Idea Pigeon poster made me smile.
Alysa Liu
“At this pivotal moment in American history, Alysa Liu represents something that we all needed very badly. She is joy. She is hope. She is unity. She is the rejection of the patriarchy. She is authenticity. She is bodily autonomy. She is the antithesis of self-centered ivididualism. She is love for the people with whom we share space. She is the embodiment of everything the American dream is supposed to mean.”
– Draco Genesis
‘A Case of You’ Performed By Noah Reid
In a tribute to Catherine O’Hara for her 2021 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, Noah Reid performed Joni Mitchell’s classic. So much talent. So much love for Catherine O’Hara.
(via Chris)
Infinite
“The market for something to believe in is infinite.”
– Hugh MacLeod
From this Seth Godin blog post.
Deeply Moved
One of my readers, Paul, left the above comment on my last post. What a kind gesture. I am a puddle. There’s so much love and kindness in this world.
Thinking Is The Enemy of Creatvity
“Doing is being.”