These painted rocks by Elizabeth Salocka delight me to no end.
Our Greatest Strength
” I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call “American Virtues” who lack this faith in our country. I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.
– Charles Schulz
Letter to a 10-year-old fan, 9th November 1970
Via What we have got to have in this world is a change of heart
(Thank you Ruth Ann)
Strong Communities and People Acting With Joy
“Authoritarians cannot rise if there are strong communities and people are acting with joy. That is, you need despair and anger in order for an authoritarian to rise. Whatever those things are that you bring to the community, do them and do them with joy, and don’t stop doing the things you love because you’re scared, because that actually is a form of resistance.”
– Heather Cox Richardson
This is one of the many reasons why I am running CreativeMornings and we started a Clubs program in addition to the chapter events. The future is not lonely, it’s hyperlocal!
Card Bar
Loving Ugmonk’s analog Card Bar. He explains how he uses it in this Instagram Post.
The Tiniest Nail In The House
“May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful.”
— Mary Oliver
The Siksika Hierarchy of Needs
The Siksika Hierarchy of Needs is an Indigenous framework from the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation that reimagines human needs from a collective, relational, and land-based worldview, rather than an individualistic one like Maslow’s hierarchy. Community, culture, and land come first — individual fulfillment is not possible without collective well-being. Yes please.
Grace Farms
Grace Farms in New Canaan Connecticut is a truly inspiring space, both aesthetically as well in their mission. Would love to bring CreativeMornings to this venue. More billionaires like this, please.
Stephen Brayda Book Covers
I am loving these book cover designs by Stephen Brayda.
Ira Glass on The Creative Process
Not new, yet so good.
The Power of the Powerless
The Power of the Powerless (Czech: Moc bezmocných) is an expansive political essay written in October 1978 by the Czech dramatist, poet, political dissident, and later statesman, Václav Havel. Very timely, given what is happening today.
Libation
In an effort to detangle myself of all things Jeff Bezos, I am bookmarking: Libation is a free, open-source application for downloading and managing your Audible audiobooks.
Here’s another tutorial on how to convert Audible (.aax) files to mp3 with ffmpeg. I am looking to switch from Audible to Libro.fm. And of course, there is Libby.
WikiFlix
Imagine if The Criterion Channel and Netflix had a baby, but the baby only streamed public-domain classics — and it was completely FREE. That’s WikiFlix.
It’s a clean, modern interface where you can scroll, search, and dive into a whole catalog of classic films, restored gems, silent-era legends, and old-school cinema history… all legally available because they’re in the public domain. No subscription, no account, no ads. Just movies.
(via MikeMixTape)
Inside The Most Magical Brownstone in NYC
(Thank you John!)
Immediately
“The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
– Seneca
Global Fridge Poetry
Imagine playing fridge poetry with the world. Enter playhtml.fun/fridge.
This Makes It Hard To Plan The Day
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E.B. White
Visual Rambling
visualrambling.space is a personal project by Damar, someone who loves to learn about different topics and rambling about them visually. What a delight.
(via namedotcom)
Crawl
I enjoy the subtle animations by Pablo Delcan in this music video for singer and songwriter Gabriel Garzón-Montano.
Retro Phone for Smartphone
Yep, I’d totally use this.
Pope Leo XIV and the Algorithm
“The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us and sometimes even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.”
– Pope Leo XIV
