Dave Martin | Sports + stupidity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This song and video deserves two posts. And these are some of the brilliant answers to the question ‘What does it mean to be human?’ from it. People always think they have these boxes they have to check to be successful. But to who? Uplifting somebody. That’s what the human life is supposed to be about. Uplifting somebody. …
That’s the thing about being human. That our capability and potential is huge. And being human means we should channel it in a way that serves other people and serves the total nature and everything. – From All We Do by Oh Wonder Throughout all the years, the 200,000 of the modern human, throughout all the generations, all the great wisdom…
In a lot of ways, Snufkin is my hero. Because of this, this and also this. And there’s similarities between Snufkin and another raggedy-clothed fellow who roamed around doing his own thing, without worrying about the distractions, opinions or desires of the outside world –Socrates. Socrates said that the knowing your own mind can get you through anything. It’s all that…
It’s valuable to have mentors. Whether dead or alive, people who do things, approach things or think in a way you’d like to. They’re the ones who can get you closer to that. But getting too close or worshipping them without questioning them is misleading, possibly dangerous and mutes your individuality. It also hinders you from possibly further developing upon…
6 weeks ago, my copy of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations looked like this: And yesterday, after consciously taking my time to read as little of it every day as possible (so as to think about and most importantly try put it into practice) I finished. Just over a month later (not 20 years, as a student of mine thought), now it looks like this:…
This is Noel Fielding as Vince Noir in the brilliant, mid-2000s British comedy, The Mighty Boosh. Is he the coolest character ever on the tellee? You decide… (I say yes)¹: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktT_P9W_iuo or, here as frontman of Kraftwerk Orange… Challenge: can you come up with a better signature move than this? And him as The Moon is genius: And this is all…
God damn it. This was going to be about how Sigur Rós can make any tiny, bullshit thing seem profound. But damn, this homeboy’s already on to it… If you put a Sigur Rós track in a movie, an ad, or even a homemade 73rd birthday video for granny Glandice, you’ve instantly got yourself something that’s powerful and profound as shit.…
I crap on about positivity a lot. But it’s not about thinking: ‘Wow, everything is wonderful I’m so happy, I’m so happy I’m so happy hey look everyone at how happy I am Hey, hey, hey, hey, everyone do you see how happy I am? Everyone?’, because that’s bullshit (and not sustainable). There’s a difference between dumb-as-fuck delusional happy and…
There was a dad with his two kids browsing the toy aisle of the $2 shop at the local shopping centre yesterday. And when it was time to go, he called his two kids, telling them just as much. The son quickly hurried after him but his 4 or 5 year old daughter lingered behind, with a toy in her…
The past doesn’t define you – it’s not who you are. And neither do your future plans, which are not only reliant on things out of your control, but are tentative at best. For all of us. Every passing moment is a chance to turn it all around. But you do control your actions. No matter your past, at any…