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Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Thoughtless imperfections. . .
I had another day that involved waking up at 5 am against my will. The sunrise was beautiful. What actually kept me awake was the moon being lined up next to a planet or star so that when I glanced out of my window, there appeared to be fairly creepy silver eyes squinting at me.…
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No day is perfect, but every day has some beauty
I didn’t plan to watch the sun rise today, and was not happy when I woke up as early as I did. But watching the sunrise was beautiful.
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Goals, systems, and imperfections
I like to read about productivity and achievement a lot, because that’s basically the American dream, kicking ass and taking names and relaxing on a throne made of gold. And it occurred to me that this is another place where kintsugi ideas come into play. Well, technically, wabisabi ideas, but I had an interesting picture…
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There is a crack in everything
that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen I think about this line and song a lot whenever I work on kintsugi. Sometimes we have to create the cracks in ourselves, our life, our thoughts, our feelings, our beliefs, to let any sort of light in. And while many elements of life can seem stressful,…
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Purposelessness of life
Just a thing I’ve been thinking about lately. People often seek the meaning or purpose of life, and, aside from creating more life and continuing to live, I’ve never been able to figure out a definite one. Is there a purpose of my life? Sometimes there definitely is. Sometimes it is a little hard to…
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The importance of self compassion in an imperfect world
I’ve been reading and listening to a lot of Seth Godin lately, and today’s post is just stealing his ideas in the hopes that someone else sees them and can use them because I know I can use them. Seeking perfection in any sort of work that you do is frequently considered neurotic, but then…
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Hilarious imperfections
Well, today I managed to accomplish none of the things I had planned, and that is completely ok. One of the reasons that I love kintsugi and wabisabi ideas is the acceptance and embrace of imperfection. I, and a lot of people that I know, and a lot of people that I don’t know exactly,…
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Beginnings. . .
I started this website and business nearly a year ago, and have made hilariously little progress. Part of that is just life and the demands of my day job, but a bigger part of it was ignorance of what I wanted to do and how to do it. Luckily, I have made some progress with…
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Sometimes the horse throws you hard
I knew that I hadn’t written anything for a couple of weeks, but I didn’t realize it had been five. Life has been extremely busy, but really rewarding lately, so I’m not going to worry about it. But, this is a practice that I would like to pick back up and see where it can…
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David Wong/Jason Pargin kicks ass
So this wasn’t what i intended to write about today, or, um, yesterday. I think I missed yesterday. Either way though, I ran across this earlier today in an internet search about a book that I’m rereading, and, now, when I’m about to finish the book and go to sleep, finally actually hit the quote.…
