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“A writer—and, I believe, generally all persons—must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.”
— Jorge Luis Borges

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I find myself pondering this inner dilemma daily,

to sell my'self' (is to kill myself spiritually, mentally, emotionally)
or to prioritize myself (is to kill myself professionally, financially into precarity)

which is better, which is worse?

and how do I stop playing this game that I had no choice but to partake in?

We need to appeal to people with discourse and optics which stress the positive features of the alternatives we want to build, emphasising the values of caring, vitality, cooperation, and creativity, and tone down (without dispensing with) the discourse and optics of revolt, struggle, attack, and negation. To repeat, we need both, but as of now, we need to alter the balance to favour the politics of creation.

Jonny Miller
@jonnym1ller

I have a hunch that there's a nervous system capacity piece at play in those who are able to follow their pathless path... It's far more challenging to deliberately take on more uncertainty when you don't already feel regulated & at home in your own body.

Could be v. interesting to explore this, my sense is there's a 2x2 with embodied/disassociated & feels safe/unsafe. My guess is you'd be in the top left quadrant.

I hear you, and there are some folks out there who have created their own niches such that there is no competition. If you can be fully yourself and your work can be an expression of this, that's the escape hatch. And I realise that this is a lofty goal. Reminds me of something… Show more

Thanks for sharing Jessica, and kudos for doing the deep inner digging to get to that point

our creative histories are oddly intertwined ;)

love this, and perhaps seeing a parallel spectrum of how much compassion someone can hold...

totally! yes this is a form of pseudo-safety... just as many learn that in order to remain safe, they need to be hyper-vigilant at all times. It runs deep

curious to hear @p_millerd's thoughts on this... My two cents, our first 7 years of life dictates a lot of our deep wiring, I think one interesting angle is to explore through the lens of attachment strategies. My guess is that those who lean towards… Show more

12:40 AM · Jun 5, 2023

So, the question that keeps me up at night is, what are us humans gonna do with all of our newfound time? Which brings me back to Japan, and this quaint Kyoto restaurant I found myself sitting in one evening. There were 10 seats, one chef/owner and one apprentice, and the most incredibly crafted experience. It wasn’t expensive, but everything was intentional. I found myself admiring this sensational and remarkably unscalable experience. The chef seems to make a good living, loves meeting interesting people, and gets to be wildly creative (the selection of glassware, the decor, the care and craft applied to every dish). Japan is full of these experiences, where art, curiosity, and craftsmanship yield tiny scattered wonders like “owl cafes,” micro arcades, plastic food shops, cotton candy shops, and the list goes one. I found myself wondering, why aren’t there 1000x more of these experiences in all societies? Why must the purpose of business be to scale, grow bigger, become franchises, squeeze in more seats, and compromise quality for automation and reach? Could a fundamental change in society, like mass automation and AI, spur both the growth and demand of human-intensive highly crafted unscalable experiences?

Rules of Ignition - Daniel Coyle
Rules of Ignition - Daniel Coyle
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