August 2011
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That awkward moment when everyone has an iphone.
my feeling exactly
megan-loves-youu:
And I’m just sitting there like
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How to Make Your First Feature Film for $5,000 -... →
i have to try this at least once in my life
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Sometimes you have to do things for yourself, take...
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Wanted: New Covers Breathe New Life Into Classics... →
cool idea for dvd cover art of a director’s collection
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“Your demons are actually your friend, once you find a way to live with them. I...”
– 99% (the99percent) on Twitter
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“Part of the resistance against making decisions comes from our fear of giving up...”
– Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? - NYTimes.com
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“The world of limitless options is immobilizing.”
– Choice Anxiety by James Shelley
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A Day in the Life of a Minimalist | zen habits →
potential template for a sabbatical or maybe a way of life
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“The environment here is more or less a spontaneous organism striving for...”
– Ace Hotel’s Communal Workspace Shows A Winning Hand | Fast Company
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On Writing in Solitude
It is no use thinking that the writing of poems - the actual writing - can accomdate itself to a social setting, even to the most sympathetic social setting of a workshop composed of loyal friends. It cannot. The work improves there and often the will to work gets valuable nourisment and ideas. But, for good reason, the poem requires of the writer not society or instruction, but a patch of...
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“Athletes take care of their bodies. Writers must similarly take care of the...”
– Mary Oliver [‘A Poetry Handbook’]
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“How small we are when our minds develop minds of their own.”
– Some Dark Thoughts on Happiness — New York Magazine
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“There’s something heartbreaking about surrendering to strangers the delicate...”
– Rate This Article: What’s Wrong with the Culture of Critique | Magazine
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“creativity in its highest form does require a kind of obliviousness — and in the...”
– Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: Ruders, Björk, Michael Jackson
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“I have a universal design philosophy that I’ve believed in for years: to...”
– Meet Ed Jacobs, Designer Of America’s Meanest Motorcycle | Co. Design
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first lines of a future poem:
The car is drunk, shifting from side to side; my captain asleep.
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“Sometimes, precision is dangerous, a closed door keeping us from imagining new...”
– In Praise Of Vagueness | Wired Science | Wired.com
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“When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire,...”
– Shunryu Suzuki (via liveloveandlsd)
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“The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of...”
– Josh Waitzkin (via theinfocon)
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“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be...”
– Rumi (via @tferriss)
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“The biggest thing that I will say is this: Be mindful of what you ingest. Some...”
– Saul Williams (from here)
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“Great minds have purposes, others have dreams.”
– Washington Irving
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On Hard Work
Hard work is the ultimate refuge.
Hard work with no purpose is drudgery.
Hard work in the service of your dream is deliverance.
- Susan Shaughnessy [‘Walking on Alligators’]
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“We go forward on nothing but fate.”
– Susan Shaughnessy (‘Walking on Alligators’)
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“Today’s failure may be a deliverance. It may be releasing you from the...”
– Susan Shaughnessy (‘Walking on Alligators’)
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“Discipline is solitary.”
– Susan Shaughnessy (‘Walking on Alligators’)
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“A writer without a journal is like a high-wire artist working without a net.
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– Susan Shaughnessy (‘Walking on Alligators’)
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“A small notebook - one you like and don’t mind carrying around much of the...”
– Susan Shaughnessy (‘Walking on Alligators’) 