Aaron Zavala
Read through Wendell Berry’s “Think Little” essay a couple of days ago. He published this essay way back in 1969, but his encouragement and advice to live against the consumeristic age are evergreen:Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in...
Jacob Wren
. “We were trying to make a very public society, but no one paid attention, so it ended up being a secret society.” “In the end we thought maybe our manifesto could be a manifesto of questions.” “There are so many injustices in the world, you could speak out against them twenty-four...
Jacob Wren
. "And I’ve always had such a difficult, conflicted relationship with performing. All of the things you say are true: I do like the immediacy, connection, and the idea of a public life that are embodied in the act of performance. And, at the same time, I’m disappointed that I haven’t been able...
Jacob Wren
. “Despite the suspension of norms in the mosh pit and the lifting of prohibitions on exercising aggression and violence, moshing was never a free-for-all. Like any social endeavour, there were unwritten rules of conduct. Entering a new millennium ushered in by forest fires, warmongering, and a...
Jacob Wren
. Thinking about how my novel Rich and Poor came out in 2016, which is now ten years ago. (And, thanks to Luigi Mangione, it has even started selling again.) * “I will kill him. It will solve nothing and help no one, but for me at least, it will bring something to an end. The poor must kill...
Jacob Wren
. “Many of our biggest blunders have occurred when trying to keep pace with the industry, when applying pressure that one or many of us can’t bear. Commonly, publishers are portrayed as deadline fiends, hounding willy-nilly artists for their work, and with any extra pressure on any one of the...
Aaron Zavala
Rich Mullins on where his songs come from:My songs are not particularly inspired. The Scriptures were inspired; my songs are provoked.I love this idea of songs, or any art, being provoked from us. When I encounter the reality of God's grandeur, what is provoked out of me? Songs, poetry... love? I...
Aaron Zavala
"The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."– Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way
phillip
I've been slowly gathering a list of example proverbs, aphorisms, and other pithy sayings from *The Lord of the Rings* for sprinkling into my games of *The One Ring*. Some are properly called proverbs, others I think are still good examples that can be reshaped into proper proverbs. Quotes are...
Psyande01
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Dilip | Zororg
Welcome to some more snippet of Quotes. Lately I have been busy, kinda dusting off my table. Ooof.. procastination! Some more laughs, some more values! Napoleon Bonaparte If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. Henny Youngman I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they...
Dilip | Zororg
Welcome to next snippet of Quotes. Hope so, it is advising enough to make your day well ;) Psychology Reads People Aren't Better Lie Detectors (50-60%) in More Realistic Settings Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it Herm Albright A positive...
Dilip | Zororg
I will be making few snippets on few quotes which impressed me or made me laugh for the day! Hope so, it is insightful enough for you also. Self quote Don't just read, Think - Research and Understand! Walt Kelly Every burden is a blessing. Gustave Flaubert The art of writing is the...
Psyande01
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