I have clearly fallen down a Ludovico Einaudi rabbit hole and I am loving it. This 2010 Royal Albert Hall Concert is an absolute dream. I recommend listening with headphones!
See Enough and Write It Down
“See enough and write it down, I tell myself. And then some morning, when the world seems drained of wonder, some day when I’m going through the motions of doing what I am supposed to do… On that bankrupt morning, I will simply open my notebook and there it will all be, a forgotten account with accumulated interest. Paid passage back to the world out there. It all comes back. Remember what it is to be me.”
– Joan Didion
The Light
“The light constantly changes, and that alters the atmosphere and beauty of things every minute.”
– Claude Monet
Kait Dunton
This piece took my breath away. Thank you for sharing your gift Kait Dunton.
Mushroom Santa
How the Psychedelic Amanita Muscaria Mushroom May Have Inspired the Santa Legend of Lapland
Try Not To Resist
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?”
– Rumi
Link Pack
The Lion King: Tiny Desk Concert
– The Birds Aren’t Real Merch is putting a smile on my face. My kids are loving the plain black hoodie.
– Very honest and personal interview over on Time Sensitive with yours truly. (Thank you for the kind feedback so many of you have sent!)
– What a cool gift: Create Your Own Reel Viewer
– AI generated art is absolutely wild in every way (via Chris)
– You Need a (Creative) Manifesto
– Cyclo Knitter: A Bicycle-Based Machine That Knits a Scarf in Five Minutes
– This poop bag pouch looks smartly designed. Want. Purchased and loving it.
– I think this is unique stripe-y rainbow scarf falls into the category of what my friend Annie would call ‘Dopamine Dressing’. (aka colorful dressing)
– Plant Guide: Popular Plants from A to Z care difficulty
– I would say a Fringe Garland falls into the same category as my love for confetti.
– The Bantu philosophy of “ubuntu” focuses on the power of community
– The Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love
– “Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
– Hey Austin, I wish I could go see the Field of Light installation. Maybe you can go?
– What a stunning house. Wow.
– These pants with all of the pockets made me giggle.
– Great gift ideas for art lovers: Colossal’s Favorite Art Books of 2022
– Tattly make for perfect stocking stuffers. The Tattly Gift Guide can help you find the right designs.
– CreativeMornings gathers kind-hearted, creatively minded humans all over the world. Is there a chapter in your town? If not, put your city on the map and start one, or attend our virtual events called FieldTrips.
Brian Eno on Taking Breaks
“One of the reasons I have to take distinct breaks when I work is to allow the momentum of a particular direction to run down, so that another one can establish itself.”
– Brian Eno
(Via Jocelyn)
Gradient Glass
These beautiful glasses are made for drinking but destined for display. Well done Lateral Objects.
It’s Ok To Feel Things
I think this needs to hang above my desk at Friends Work Here.
Rechargeable Tape Light
I don’t know what I would use it for but I want it: Rechargeable Tape Light.
She Is On her Way
“The system will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling…their ideas, their version of history, their wars…their notion of inevitability. Remember this: We may be many and they be few… Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”
– Arundhati Roy
How to Find a Wonderful Idea
How does OK Go come up with their unique ideas for their music videos?
(via Tobias Günther in Dense Discovery)
Staying soft vs Tightening
“Tightness erodes clarity. Tightness reduces expansion. Tightness broadens fear, scarcity, and the feeling of being powerless. Tightness keeps me wound in my own Small Self, forgetting entirely about everything that exists beyond the tightness. Tightness looks like turning away from reality. It looks like worst-case-scenario, all-or-nothing thinking. It looks like ‘What if this doesn’t go the way I want it to?’ and ‘I don’t think I can handle this’ — like worry embodied. It looks like self-doubt and rumination, catastrophizing and smallness. It looks like forgetting about my body and only listening to my brain.”
– Stay Soft, Lisa Oliver
(via Jocelyn)
Featured on Time Sensitive Podcast
I am feeling honored and a bit nervous sharing this interview of yours truly featured on the remarkably thoughtful Time Sensitive Podcast, a labor of love by Spencer Bailey and Andrew Zuckerman. (I originally met Andrew because he has been reading my blog for years.) They are two deeply thoughtful and smart humans nurturing deep conversations. Grateful to have been invited and been allowed to share where my heart and I are at in this moment in time in 2022. You can listen to and also read the interview here.
The Minimalist’s Wall Calendar
Big fan of the minimal wall calendar by IOTA.
My Favorite Design-y Wool Scarves
I am so excited colder temperatures are back and with that my See Design Wool Scarves! Love this small, woman owned business.
I am also big fan of their toiletry pouches. Favorite go to gift for my lady friends.
A Performative Solo
“Social media forms are performative solo forms with an odd conflation of friendship and marketing; the body is alone in a room performing the self, with an undercurrent of desire for applause. Without a town square to gather in and hash out the day with neighbors, social media communications have a shading of loneliness underneath.”
– Annie-B Parson
Make [Eye] Contact | Going Deep With David Rees
Thank you Gene for telling me about Going Deep with David Rees. What a find!
I Don’t Know What I am Doing
“I don’t know what I’m doing. And if you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new. As long as you know what you’re doing, nothing much of interest is going to happen.”
– Philip Glass