January 2012
“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing,...”
– Alan Watts (via neil-gaiman)
K as in Knife: Captain Beefheart's 10 Rules for... →
cmasonwells:
1. LISTEN TO THE BIRDS That’s where all the music comes from. Birds know everything about how it should sound and where that sound should come from. And watch hummingbirds. They fly really fast, but a lot of times they aren’t going anywhere.
2. YOUR GUITAR IS NOT REALLY A GUITAR Your guitar…
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On Turning Ten - Billy Collins →
It seems only yesterday I used to believe there was nothing under my skin but light. If you cut me I could shine. But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life, I skin my knees. I bleed.
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WatchMike Rowe on the importance of the promotion of skilled labour
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“If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.”
– Tom Watson
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Writing in the age of distraction - Cory Doctorow →
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The Four Quartets - T S Eliot →
“Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction…. It...”
– David Ulin
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WatchUnbelievable Teahupoo footage
“The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.” - Edwin Schlossberg
WatchBearded wonder
