Journal

165 entries under "thought"

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

There is no language without a listener who can understand what is being said.

Sunday, November 24, 2024

mocking your opposition without reducing their power is not a flex.

Saturday, November 23, 2024

learn to teach so others can learn

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

whichever side you take, someone profits from the merch

Thursday, November 14, 2024

When does it make sense to focus on not liking someone’s approach versus accepting and appreciating diverse ways?

Friday, September 20, 2024

I was told a long time ago that ‘modeling your classical music performance on recordings can ruin your artistic integrity because it distracts you from finding your own interpretation’. Only now have I considered how this can parallel in improvised music, where playing ’like the recording’ leads me to be detached from my current needs and capacity. It’s more honest to understand a song from the recording, but without using it as an excuse to skip over dealing with current challenges, which might mean performing it in a way that bears little resemblance to the original, and this can be constructive.

Saturday, August 10, 2024

[Scoping out a scene that isn’t aware of itself.]

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

[Having things implies responsibility, and giving them away implies giving away responsibility.]

Thursday, June 27, 2024

[Compare something unfamiliar with the familiar can nudge us toward taking care for our safety.]

Monday, June 24, 2024

Leftovers are the requisite variety I need to feel comfortable cooking at home, so I should consider it the goal instead of avoiding it like an efficiency issue.

Monday, June 3, 2024

[Most people who use Facebook or Twitter don’t know what protocol they’re using.]

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Stop travelling when you feel good somewhere.

Friday, May 24, 2024

Write when hungry. Read when fed.

Programming require you to reify anything in order to act on it, whereas in the physical world you can directly engage with your environment.

It may be easier to change analog than digital.

Saturday, May 18, 2024

As one can observe their own thoughts and feelings, the same with how we relate to one another.

Monday, May 13, 2024

attachment to a specific strategy is not strategic

Friday, May 10, 2024

People think that co-living community rules are whatever the first person told them.

memeable action

Thursday, May 9, 2024

No need to own my data when it’s okay to lose things.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Social media keeps the locus of attention on small formats, which makes it easy to weaponize for misinformation.