Same. I thought energy-sampling was the most wonderful, interesting thing to do...
RE the typewriter: I bought it in highschool, when my parents suggested that a typed-out college application would look better than a handwritten one. But when I bought it, I wanted one with a cursive font because I still wanted the letters to "feel like me" - my handwriting is barely-legible cursive, nothing like the neat, block letters of most typewriters - which is how I wound up with a cursive font typewriter. I also liked the sea-foam green color.
I used to do a ton of writing on it, but as I got more and more into email direct marketing, I stopped using it and it sat in my parents garage for a decade.
Wow! What a post! I love the multi-dimenionsionality.
I love curation culture, and I had NEVER thought about sampling energy before. Do you happen to have the URL of that interview with Common? I would love to listen to it.
Also, I had never thought about how having tools that better capture objective reality frees us to go abstract. Wow!
And then to end by throwing in that you are starting a 2-year college.
I am truly looking forward to reading your stuff this month Rabbi Ben.
I'm really looking forward to exploring the question of what it means to be "abstract". We're so wired to understand the world (and each other) through the lens of shared, objective reality, I'm not sure how to view life/each other/relationships differently.
(We have a glimpse of this, in the negative, where people contain themselves to echo-chambers of same-thought-ness and then live in their own bubble. I know this is bad, but I'm wondering where this could be turned into something good/interesting, that expands our notions of what's possible.)
Sorry, no, I don't have the URL. I had it in Instagram (for the few weeks I had an insta...) but when I deleted my account, I lost the link. I'll see what I can dig up, though.
That interview really did change so many things for me...
Wow, that just blew my mind! Sampling energy?!😲
I remember using a typewriter as a child. And my grandma's typewriter. I'm curious, did you hold on to a typewriter for many years or just buy one?
Same. I thought energy-sampling was the most wonderful, interesting thing to do...
RE the typewriter: I bought it in highschool, when my parents suggested that a typed-out college application would look better than a handwritten one. But when I bought it, I wanted one with a cursive font because I still wanted the letters to "feel like me" - my handwriting is barely-legible cursive, nothing like the neat, block letters of most typewriters - which is how I wound up with a cursive font typewriter. I also liked the sea-foam green color.
I used to do a ton of writing on it, but as I got more and more into email direct marketing, I stopped using it and it sat in my parents garage for a decade.
I'm very happy to have her back in my life.
People tend to eat the menu instead of the meal...makes no sense, but there it is...happens all the time.
people are attracted to imperfection yet more 'artists' are squeezing the humanity out of their art. really cool POV bro.
Building a 2 year college? Now that is not something I think I have ever read before...
A different and curious path.
Wow! What a post! I love the multi-dimenionsionality.
I love curation culture, and I had NEVER thought about sampling energy before. Do you happen to have the URL of that interview with Common? I would love to listen to it.
Also, I had never thought about how having tools that better capture objective reality frees us to go abstract. Wow!
And then to end by throwing in that you are starting a 2-year college.
I am truly looking forward to reading your stuff this month Rabbi Ben.
I'm really looking forward to exploring the question of what it means to be "abstract". We're so wired to understand the world (and each other) through the lens of shared, objective reality, I'm not sure how to view life/each other/relationships differently.
(We have a glimpse of this, in the negative, where people contain themselves to echo-chambers of same-thought-ness and then live in their own bubble. I know this is bad, but I'm wondering where this could be turned into something good/interesting, that expands our notions of what's possible.)
Sorry, no, I don't have the URL. I had it in Instagram (for the few weeks I had an insta...) but when I deleted my account, I lost the link. I'll see what I can dig up, though.
That interview really did change so many things for me...
I appreciate your writing style, and excited to keep learning from you.
Thank you so much!
(I'm also excited to keep learning from me... :p)