April 2012
73 posts
“1. Climb a tree
2. Roll down a really big hill
3. Camp out in the wild
4....”
– So necessary, yet so sad in its necessity: To encourage “cotton wool kids” to get outdoors, the UK National Trust offers 50 things to do before you are 11 ¾. (via explore-blog)
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Can this just be my bucket list?
“A writer must reflect and interpret his society, his world; he must also provide...”
– Half a century ago, E. B. White articulated brilliantly much of today’s media folly. (via explore-blog)
Watchfunnyordie:
The Rules of Fight Club
Turns out there are more rules than we thought.
“You may not be a Picasso or Mozart but you don’t have to be. Just create to...”
– 5 manifestos for the creative life (via explore-blog)
Why Are Yawns Contagious?
fakescience:
“What needs to be reinforced is the idea that good writing — solid, honest,...”
– Tom Bissell on the secrets of creators and creation. (via explore-blog)
“The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be...”
– Steven Pressfield in The War of Art, one of 5 timeless books of insight on fear and the creative process. (via explore-blog)
“Confidence is ‘being there.’
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Why do we get so caught up in this “too...”
– James Victore, echoing Steven Pressfield’s insight about fear as a guiding light, on confidence vs. shyness.
Also see Susan Cain on the power of introverts.
(via explore-blog)
Watchfunnyordie:
Just Go Outside
Social-media addiction hurts. Just Go Outside. It can help.
“The biggest lie of human memory is that it feels true. Although our...”
– Jonah Lehrer on memory and how to fix the imperfections of eyewitness testimony. Also see why memory is not a recording device. (via explore-blog)
Watchexplore-blog:
“If you ever question that music is the universal language, watch this: A German-speaking teacher tutoring a French-speaking African how to sing an aria in Italian.”
The inspired story of the Kimbanguiste Symphony Orchestra, the only symphony orchestra in Central Africa, which practices in a rented warehouse in the Congo and got its start with no instruments and no professional...
