There is no language without a listener who can understand what is being said.
There is no language without a listener who can understand what is being said.
mocking your opposition without reducing their power is not a flex.
learn to teach so others can learn
whichever side you take, someone profits from the merch
When does it make sense to focus on not liking someone’s approach versus accepting and appreciating diverse ways?
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.
[Scoping out a scene that isn’t aware of itself.]
[Having things implies responsibility, and giving them away implies giving away responsibility.]
[Compare something unfamiliar with the familiar can nudge us toward taking care for our safety.]
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.
[Most people who use Facebook or Twitter don’t know what protocol they’re using.]
Stop travelling when you feel good somewhere.
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.
As one can observe their own thoughts and feelings, the same with how we relate to one another.
attachment to a specific strategy is not strategic
People think that co-living community rules are whatever the first person told them.
memeable action
No need to own my data when it’s okay to lose things.
Social media keeps the locus of attention on small formats, which makes it easy to weaponize for misinformation.