Month: April 2017
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14 Lessons For Living on Spaceship Earth
Buckminster Fuller wrote this interesting book called ‘Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth’ (written 1969)— using the Earth as a metaphor for a spaceship: Here are some ideas: 1. What is human drive? Our drive is to understand and be understood. 2. Specialization is slavery But specialization is in fact only a fancy form of slavery…
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Don’t Maintain; Gain
Maintenance is for chumps.
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Drive or Be Driven
Are you you in control of your steering wheel in life? Or is someone else driving your life for you?
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53 Lessons Buckminster Fuller Has Taught Me About Life
Buckminster Fuller; probably one of the greatest thinkers since Leonardo da Vinci:
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How to Make Fear Your Slave in Street Photography
Nobody knows what they are ‘passionate’ about photographing; but we certainly know what we’re afraid of photographing.
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How to Make More Art
Personal thoughts on how to make more art in your life, and to have more self-confidence in yourself:
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Inspirational Japanese Woodblock Printing
I’ve been very inspired by traditional Japanese woodblock printing — strong graphics, clean lines, with soul:
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Interview: Cindy A. Nguyen on Art and Making Stuff
Interview with Cindy A. Nguyen: essayist, dreamer, and maker.
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How to Be More Curious in Life
How can we be more curious in life?
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26 Lessons Frank Lloyd Wright Has Taught Me About Art
Frank Lloyd Wright; genius maverick architect, who was one of the first leading ‘modernist’ architects, who followed his gut:
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10 Life Lessons From Pericles
Pericles: Greek Statesmen, Orator, and General (~400BC). Also called ‘the first citizen of Athens’ by Thucydides
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FUCK HOMOPHOBIA
Fuck homophobia, shit is more poisonous than scorpions
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How to Become an Immortal Photographer
“If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.” – Victor Hugo Dear friend, don’t just photograph for yourself– photograph for your future generations:
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Life in Hanoi
Thanks to my buddy Todd Hata for making this great video on Hanoi.
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40 Philosophy Tips For Living Everyday Life
Practical philosophical tips on living:
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Don’t Postpone Your Life
The death clock is ticking— why do you postpone what is truly meaningful to you in life?
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Why Sharpness is Overrated
“Sharpness is a bourgeois (rich person) concept.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Black is Good; White is Bad
I prefer black over white.