Tag: inspiration

  • The moon and stuff

    The moon and stuff

    A couple of things that help (me) to keep life in perspective.

  • You only have one job

    You only have one job

    You have only one job, and it consists of two parts: be a good person and pay attention.

  • Make some impossible magic

    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.

  • Everything is inspiration

    Everything is inspiration

    “Once I owned being an artist, I started to focus on ways to become better. After I did that, everything I took for granted began to take on a new significance: life, a beautiful day, a day on the water, the view from the top of a building, a kind word from someone, something I…

  • On owning your decisions

    On owning your decisions

    “Bitterness always comes to those who look back on a life of choices imposed upon them from the outside. And you may not make all the right decisions, but if you own those decisions, they all become the right ones because together they become the path of your own creation and you become the architect…

  • Choose yourself

    Choose yourself

    I remember when this song came out. I heard it first on KEXP on my regular drive into work, the morning show DJ John Richards playing it twice in a row (as he is known to do with new tracks that he loves) and most mornings after that. It perfectly encapsulated a lot of the…

  • The side of the mountain

    The side of the mountain

    It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here’s where things grow.

  • What I learned last week (#56)

    What I learned last week (#56)

    Learned last week: New tools both analog and digital, predictions for the future, and best to fight water with water.