Presence in the Age of Trivialitiesby Quinton PeeplesIt came as no surprise that as Hurricane Sandy brought devastation to the Eastern Seaboard, the internet lit up with arguments, tweets and Facebook posts about the Disney/Lucasfilm merger. We are what we practice and we practice trivialization on a daily, almost hourly,...
Don't get me wrong. I think saying as little as possible as aggressively as possible is brilliant debate strategy. I really do. But here are 7 questions I'd love to hear honest answers for, just for the sake of our greater understanding. Feel free to add your own questions, or answer...
The misconception of comparing the chase with the catch is the incorrect belief that the "catch" is a finality.Because 50% of people end up saying, "You no longer have me."The chase never ends.
My friend asked me this question the other day. And I wasn't sure.Then, I realized how crazy that was. How do I not know where my own music lives online?Well, the reason is that I wanted to get paid for it. So, I paid $ to get my music listed on sites...
We're talking minimalism this week.More than just materialistic minimalism, there's a whole other life minimalism strategy focused on mental heath, based on the concept that your brain is a fatiguable muscle.Every notice that Steve Jobs wore the same outfit every day? Every notice Mark Zuckerberg does the same? I recently...
We're talking minimalism this week.Minimalism Example #3:Cut your wardrobe to 7 essential items, and wear only those for a month.Jen Hatmaker's book called 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess recounts a 7-month social experiment in her own life, in which for one month, she ate only 7 different foods. The next...
We're talking minimalism this week.Minimalism Example #2:Do you buy an expensive laptop that lasts a while, or a cheap laptop you have to replace every 2 years?Because buying a cheap $300 laptop was a no-brainer for us compared to buying a Macbook. But our first one barely last 2 years....
A whole week on minimalism sounds a little much, no? ...get it?But, as the concept of "life minimalism" has become more and more mainstream (perhaps due to financial necessity), and as my friends are getting more and more involved in evangelizing the movement itself, I've been thinking about it a lot lately,...
Artists are unrealistic in their brainstorming. They are overly attached to their ideas. They are moody.But they care deeply. They love beauty. And they are passionate about creating.Why would you want to work with anyone else?
Art is a blessing to its creator, but how selfish to be only that.The artist should spend half their time discovering something worth saying.And the other half determining ways to say it most beautifully.
