1. Everything is temporary.
2. Life is not fair.
3. Others treat you the way you treat yourself.
4. Happiness is a choice and requires hard work.
5. Beneath anger is always fear.
6. Family are the people who truly love you.
7. Things don’t matter that much.
8. A lifetime is not very long.
9. You played it too safe. You should take more risks.
Number 3 really hit me in the heart: Lessons people learn too late in life.
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Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert is my all-time favorite. It’s my go to when I need grounding and centering. I had *no* idea what happened leading up to the concert. As he arrived at the concert hall he noticed that the piano was out of tune. He was livid and said he couldn’t play. But he had empathy for the organizers and decided to conquer the challenge. Absolutely inspiring. He flipped a seemingly impossible situation. AIt became the most successful solo jazz album in history! Wonderful!
What a stunning short film.
(Thank you Gordana)
This boombox reminds me of the one I had when I was a kid. Weirdly excited to see this design having a comeback.
A matte black glass pitcher with a sculptural quality! Gah! Take my money!
I recently asked on Instagram about pianist recommendations. Ludovico Einaudi was one of the many recommendations I received. This concert recording at The Royal Albert Hall is absolutely fantastic.
“Action comes from tension, desire and fear.”
— Seth Godin
Taken from this blog post: Getting the Word Out.
This Tiny Desk concert with Daniil Trifonov made me gasp.
Obama’s female staffers employed “amplification” in meetings:
“When a woman made a key point, other women would repeat it, giving credit to its author. This forced the men in the room to recognize the contribution — and denied them the chance to claim the idea as their own.”
I. Will. Start. Doing. This.
Ok, I realize this glass is pricey with its $100 price tag but look at it! It’s absolutely stunning! I love and agree with this line in the product description: “a good drink requires a good presentation”. It is inspired by Japan’s tallest mountain, Mt. Fuji and is handblown by master craftsmen at Sugahara Glassworks. Wishlisted!
– This dog sitting at a bar made me laugh.
– So many solid take aways in this post: 50 Ways To Live On Your Own Terms
– Are you looking for advice on landing a design job or having an successful interview? Dann put together a video on some of his personal favorite tips you may not have heard. Some really good tips in there.
– I am intrigued by this Glass Storage Box.
– I totally need a water bottle that cheers me on.
– Life Without the Everything Store
– This spinning top!
– Depth Year, what an interesting concept: What if, for a whole year, you stopped acquiring new things or taking on new pursuits. Instead, you return to abandoned projects, stalled hobbies, unread books and other neglected intentions, and go deeper with them than you ever have before.
– Khemjira Klongsanun ran 19 miles of a marathon carrying a lost puppy she saw on the road, finishing the race with the pup in her arms.
– Is paper better, or merely different?
– It’s in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.
– Welcome to the City of Champions.
– The Web We Have To Save (via Jocelyn)
– It’s cold out, I want one of these.
– This made me laugh.
– “Get ready to join the buttered noodle club..” This post made me laugh.
– “Anyone profiting off of deception and impersonation is breaking the law and will be held accountable.”
– This is a wonderfully weird Instagram account.
– “A blog is sort of like an exhale.”
– Dog lovers, check out this new Doggo Tattly Sheet with illustrations by Rifle Paper.
– This Shower Wine Glass Holder made me laugh.
– Apple must give grieving husband access to cloud-stored family photos, judge rules. This will make me share my digital passwords in my will, which I need to finally make. Uh oh.
– Are you hiring? CreativeMornings has a global job board and the one piece of feedback we keep getting: “The nicest people always come through the CreativeMornings listing”. I’ll take that!
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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.”
— Harold Whitman
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I like this planter.
“Addictions embody repetition without progress. They produce incapacity as a payoff.”
— Steven Pressfield
I can’t take my eyes off these multi-layered gowns by Iris Van Herpen.
Completely fascinating by this video project, made entirely out of Google Earth images. Hat tip to Kevin McGloughlin.
“The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it’s in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I’m caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.”
— Ram Dass
“We have forgotten the power of silence.”
– Bobette Buster
Love this screen print by James Gulliver Hancock.
