August 2010
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A Delayed Calm
This is the last night I’ll spend in my own home for a long time.
Tomorrow I’ll embark on what will be the most difficult physical and psychological challenge I’ve undertaken to date - the ‘Henro’ Pilgrimage of Shikoku Island in Japan.
Tomorrow I’ll take a train to Kagawa prefecture, and spend the night in a hotel next to the 1st temple. On Sunday morning I’ll wake up early, eat...
March 2010
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Cultivated Play: Farmville →
everythinginthesky:
The secret to Farmville’s popularity is neither gameplay nor aesthetics. Farmville is popular because in entangles users in a web of social obligations.
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February 2010
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“Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is...”
– Douglas Adams (via nickdouglas)
“If you want to get the plain truth,
Be not concerned with right and wrong.
The...”
– Seng-T’san, Zen Poet
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January 2010
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“When a music album shares its title with one of its tracks, it seems the artist...”
“If you expect that reading this web site will be a waste of your time, then you...”
– Steve Pavlina (via viu)
“Think about this for a moment. What is the core of your career? What do you...”
– Steve Pavlina (via viu)
“A career isn’t something you find on blind luck or recieve from a generous...”
– Steve Pavlina (via viu)
“Human beings aren’t cattle — we aren’t supposed to be settled and domesticated....”
– Steve Pavlina (via viu)
Life - The Ultimate Game
viu:
“If you find yourself in a human body, you came here to play the game of human life. Don’t sit on the sidelines whining like a noob. The truth is that if you lose all your gold, if your teammates dump you, or if your character gets infected by the plague, it’s all part of the game. Did you think you were supposed to succeed in every attempt? Of course not. That isn’t how the game...
“A democracy is only as good as the level of consciousness of its constituents....”
– Steve Pavlina (via viu)
“Routine is the enemy of intelligence.”
– Steve Pavlina (via viu)
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so...”
– J.K. Rowling: via Andrea (via viu)
“The reasonable man changes his actions to suit the world.
The unreasonable man...”
– A Perfect Defect (via viu)
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100 Words on City
Stepping out of a shaded side street, she merges with the radiant din. The surrounding human buzz presses her from all sides, numbing her unbearable self awareness, and silencing the broken record thought: “What have I done…”
A few moments later she merges completely, becoming invisible - even to herself. All that remains are the walls of neon signs, booming empty rainbow enthusiasm down upon the...
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100 Words on Evolution
Human minds are originally unwritten and each develops uniquely. Thus each human life (like the universe itself) contains unlimited potential for developmental variation. The mind is a microcosm, its thoughts the DNA. Minds which hold some appeal to the common denominator are consumed by the masses and prosper, while those which stray too far from the norm are be considered mutations. The Artist,...
“Don’t put up with something that doesn’t work right. If your alarm clock,...”
– 52 Proven Stress Reducers (via viu)
“Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to...”
– Christopher Hitchens (via jennabee) (via viu)
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100 Words on Moral
In a concrete expanse under I-95, a man trashes around wildly and hurls debris at my tripod. His cathartic howling rips through the roar of traffic. This display is inspired by his lover’s confession of infidelity. I’m here to photograph his pain so he can show her later. When my film runs out, he’s weeping; broken. I suggest in earnest that he leave her. He doesn’t listen. At wit’s end, I set...
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“Google Sketchup 7 is such a well-designed program that I was able to enjoy it...”
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“There’ll be no love left to rye”
– Lady Gaga - seriously, is this supposed to mean something?
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100 Words on 'Obsession'
I am sturdy;
a pinnacle of elitist individuality, rejecting external influence, and condemning those who can’t, don’t, or won’t.
I am empty;
void of immutable character, moldable to all circumstances, and ever-filled with ambient matter.
“Does my sturdiness, then, only protect a vacuum? Is insistent vacancy merely the safest route? What does this leave for art? How can the self be expressed...