Brené Brown says our belonging to each other can’t be lost, but it can be forgotten. Her research has reminded the world in recent years of the uncomfortable, life-giving link between vulnerability and courage. Now she’s turning her attention to how we walked into the crisis of our life together and how we can move beyond it: with strong backs, soft fronts, and wild hearts.
Real Religion
“Real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.”
— Alan Watts
Dog With Sign
I previously posted about the Dude with Sign account, now here comes the Dog With Sign. I like the dog better.
Two-Mountain People
“The basement of your soul is much deeper than you knew. Some people look into the hidden depths of themselves and they realize that success won’t fill those spaces. Only a spiritual life and unconditional love from family and friends will do. They realize how lucky they are. They are down in the valley, but their health is O.K.; they’re not financially destroyed; they’re about to be dragged on an adventure that will leave them transformed.”
— David Brooks
Thank you Jocelyn for reminding me of one of my favorite reads of 2019: Two-Mountain People
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Blow Torch And Hair Dryer Popcorn
This video on How to Make Popcorn Using a Blow Torch & Hair Dryer is pure delight. Kudos to the creative duo of Zita Bernet and Rafael Sommerhalder.
We Have To Stand Up To Evil
“If our leaders are evil, what does one do? . . . If God gives us free will, we are responsible for what we do or what we fail to do . . . . I can’t do what I believe is wrong. We have to stand up to evil.”
Timely quote from the stunning movie A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
Mous Lamrabat
Loving these photographs by Mous Lamrabat.
Are You Satisfiable?
On my walk home from work yesterday, I listened to the most recent Hurry Slowly episode. It completely stopped me in my tracks, to the point where I would catch myself standing on a street corner, completely immersed. The minute I came home, I sat down on my couch and started the episode right over again, taking in all of Adrienne Maree Brown’s thoughtfulness and questions. Are you satisfiable? What does it mean to be satisfiable? How do you recognize when you have “enough”? Questions central not just to our own well-being but to attaining a more just and equitable society. Have a listen, it’s nourishing and thought-provoking.
In The Presence of Unconditional Love
“When you are in the presence of unconditional love, that is the optimum environment for your heart to open, because you feel safe, because you realize nobody wants anything from you. The minute that heart opens, you are once again letting in the flow. And that flow is where you experience God.”
— Ram Dass
Link Pack
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– What not to do on your work computer.
– Love this list by the DO Lectures: 12 Books To Help You Write Better
– The Decade the Internet Lost Its Joy. What began as cheerful anarchy was devoured by vulture capital and ruthless consolidation
– This made me laugh so hard. Watch the video.
– Our new Designer at Tattly, Minjoo, created an incredibly sweet calendar for 2020.
– This. Right in the heart. The hug at the end with his mom completely pushed me over the edge.
– Billie Eilish Carpool Karaoke. Fun.
– A table on wheels, looking for conversations.
– Building a More Honest Internet (via Dense Discovery)
– Visualizations that make no sense. It keeps on giving.
– Looking for a last minute gift that keeps on giving? Tattly Subscriptions!
– A big thank you to Baleen for sponsoring my blog and RSS Feed this week.
The Ultimate Touchstone of Friendship
”But no matter the medicinal virtues of being a true friend or sustaining a long close relationship with another, the ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the self nor of the other, the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone.”
— David Whyte
2020 Framework
This 2020 Framework is wonderful. Thank you for sharing, Marie Andrew.
Fantastic Fungi
That’s the trailer for Fantastic Fungi, a feature-length documentary about the worldwide network of mushrooms & mycelium that thrives beneath our feet. I am beyond intrigued and am a complete mushroom aficionado.
Emotion As A Currency for Remembering Content
“According to numerous studies, emotion is a basic currency for remembering content. A listener must connect emotionally to what they hear in order to remember what the speaker says. Simply, we remember most vividly the events in our lives in which we were most emotionally impacted.”
Do You Need Charisma to Be a Great Public Speaker?, by Sarah Gershman
“Dude With Sign”
I might have just found my favorite new Instagram account: Dude with sign.
RIP Carroll Spinney
Sad news: Carroll Spinney, Puppeteer of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, passed a little over a week ago.
I noticed this graphic over on Jason’s blog and was fascinated by how Big Bird was operated. Beautiful.
Something Extraordinary
“I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen but as the years wasted on nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
— Charles Bukowski
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Cooking Lobster
This scene! I will never think of steak the same way. “We should have gotten steak, because they don’t have legs, they don’t run around.”