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
These wall hooks are so cool. And not at all just for kids rooms! My friend Holly put them at her entrance.
Stutz
Meet Jonah Hill’s friend and therapist, Phil Stutz. Directed by Hill, this film invites you to explore Dr. Stutz’s Tools for life in an effort to get real, get personal, and get better.
Life Worth Living
“The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It’s worth being bashed against. It’s worth getting scarred by. It’s worth pouring yourself over every one of its hot coals.”
– Jeff Buckley
The Virtue of Owning Books You Haven’t Read
“When considering whether to buy yet another book, you might well ask yourself when you’ll get around to reading it. But perhaps there are other, even more important considerations, such as the intellectual value of the book in its still-unread state.”
The Virtue of Owning Books You Haven’t Read: Why Umberto Eco Kept an “Antilibrary”
Bubblegum Pink Roller Coaster
OMG! I want to ride EJ Hill’s Bubblegum Pink Roller Coaster Through a Mass MoCA Gallery. Says the woman who doesn’t like roller coasters.
Friday Link Pack
– A truly entertaining read on the adventures of renovating a brownstone. (Thank you Bailey.)
– The New Yorker’s list of best books of 2022
– The creative legacy of Gifs: Past, present and future
– Fun gift: Personalized Word Search Throw Blanket
– Turn your photos into wall art. Fun!
– Revitalizing Culture in the World of Hybrid Work
– How a Mechanical Watch works, one of many beautifully detailed and animated explainers by Bartosz Ciechanowski. (via)
– If you’re in need of inspiration for how to set up your desk check out hackerstations.com. It’s a collection of workspace setups by tech professionals. (Via)
– How To Be Successful, by Sam Altman (via)
– You belong here dish.
– I love these objects by Nicola Vruwink
– What if everything you shared on social media, for one month, was about something other than yourself?
– The Ilulissat Icefjord Centre in Greenland is on my list of places wanting to visit!
– My team and I at CreativeMornings love to light a brand-awareness fire for companies who believe in the importance of the creative community meeting up. When a company partners with us, the world’s largest face-to-face community, they are being seen and celebrated as a generous patron of the creative world. In return we spread their brand and content through content partnerships, hands-on workshops with our FieldTrips, our mega global partnerships… Partner with us?
Two Solitudes That Meet
“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. ”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
Dreaming of Space Juggling
(via a new favorite: bookofjoe.com)
Isn’t it wonderful to be alive?
“Isn’t it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful.”
– Sophia Loren
NYC Marathon Signs
The NYC Marathon is my favorite day of the year. Nothing compares to the loving and uplifting energy pulsing through this city on this day. And then, the signs, they make me happy. My neighborhood Fort Greene really goes all out. See my neighbors dance here.
Book Art
I am completely enamored by Alexander Korea-Robinson’s book art.
Food Art by MOLD
I have spent an absurdly long time on this Instagram Account displaying surreal food art.
(Via Weekly Highlights)
Crazy
“I oscillate between thinking I am crazy, and thinking I am not crazy enough.”
– Joyce Carol Oates
Minimal Firewood Holder
Hello there minimal firewood holder, please come into my life.
Invisible Things
Invisible Things, by Andy J.Pizza. (Vibe made me giggle.)
Link Pack
Currently on repeat, post soul fusion goodness: Late Bloomers by The Cut.
– Real power lies in the domains of deep, slow change, by Stewart Brand
– I stumbled upon the Modern Elder Academy and feel like I opened a portal to a wise, expansive universe. Wow!
– I can’t stop laughing at these boots.
– The art of Kaketsugi, or ‘invisible mending’ in Japanese.
– “You must not ever stop being whimsical.” -Mary Oliver
– Seeing Differently Part 3: The Practice of Seeing (Mediation with your Eyes Open)
– There’s a town in New York entirely filled with book stores: Hobart Book Village
– Did you know this iPhone trick? I didn’t.
– This dutch oven is making my heart go pitter patter.
– The Disappearing Art Of Maintenance (via)
– A climate podcast called A Matter of Degree which just published a mini series explaining what individual climate leadership looks like. (via)
– This is a good-looking barstool.
– An analog recipe notebook. Love it.
– Most visited website in every country. Wikipedia is the most visited website overall, taking the crown in 43 nations, followed by Twitter, which is favored in 10 countries. More here.
– “If you did your best when you created a piece of work, but your perfectionism or fear of judgement or lack of confidence makes you not like it, ask yourself: who is this piece for and will it work? And then, allow it to exist, to grow, to evolve, to improve, to fade away, or to shine. But first, make it work.” – None of Your Business (via)
– Every now and then I discover an organization that takes my breath away. Here’s one for you: The Long Now Foundation.
– This is a very cool kids sweater.
– Bioluminescence Is Nature’s Love Light
— The documentary series The Vow is blowing my mind. It follows members who joined the self-improvement group NXIVM – whose leader was convicted of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and other crimes – to reveal the emotional toll of unfolding events on these individuals.
– Where in the world do you live? There might be a CreativeMornings event happening in your town. If not, there’s a virtual FieldTrip waiting for you in the CreativeMornings universe. Whispers: All of these events are free!
The Making of a Steinway Piano
My son is obsessed with playing the piano. This had me google the making of a Steinway and stumble upon this. What a beautiful world to be in. The piano building world.