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The most useful knot in the world
I’m getting ready for a rare camping trip (it’s been at least five years), and I thought to myself that I should probably brush up on a few survival skills, namely refreshing myself on the most useful knot in the world, just in case we needed to set up a trip wire, repel off a…
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Terrace Martin, Jungle, and more of my favorite albums from August 2023
Hey, summer, looks like you are about to leave, so I just wanted to say it’s been nice having you. You’ve given me a lot of new music, and we got to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop. Thanks for everything, see you next year!
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The abundant mindset
The “growth mindset” has become a bit of a cliché, but there’s a good reason for that. Approaching things with a beginner’s mind is something we should all aspire to. On a similar note, The Abundant Mindset, one of my favorite chapters from Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act, describes something very similar and equally powerful.
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Make some impossible magic
“At times like these, we need to find people who can believe in impossible things.” Re-posting a story from a recent edition of Lucian James’ remarkable Kō Strategies newsletter. This is about an ambitious plan to levitate.
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There’s no need to be mean to yourself
I just started reading book 4000 Weeks, a book that is “basically Oliver Burkeman yelling ‘You have to accept that life is finite!’ for 225 pages with different combinations of different words”, and it’s fantastic because this is maybe the hardest thing any of us will ever learn. Saying it repeatedly is necessary.
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Hiking in Scotland: Dumgoyne Hill
I tried hiking Dumgoyne hill before via a different route and didn’t make it up. It’s such a small hill in comparison to others that I’ve done that it’s kind of ridiculous, but I finally made it up today with my brother-in-law. Similar to my last hike, the weather was pretty poor, but it beat…
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Feast on your life
Someone shared the poem Love After Love by Derek Wolcott with me recently, and I’ve been thinking about it a lot. I love how it invites the speaker to reconnect with themselves and celebrate their life. Suitable for reconciling both major life events or simply a new week. Power in verse.
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The dub version
The recent release of a (fantastic) dub version of Panda Bear and Sonic Boom’s excellent 2022 album, Reset in Dub (along with last year’s Life is Dub from Foals) made me wonder what constitutes dub music. I’m a huge reggae fan, and have enjoyed dub music for years, but I never knew what the technical…
Writing and drawings by Nick.
