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Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
fears
I spent a lot of time in heavy traffic today, which brought the idea of fear to my mind. Heavy traffic isn’t something that causes a lot of fear for me, but it does cause some. But I’ve been realizing lately, as I’ve worked on other aspects of myself, that almost all fears are completely…
Imperfect Progress
I made an offhand comment earlier tonight which I think might become the subject of a book. In a conversation about quitting smoking, which I have succeeded at 4 or 5 times this year already, someone was talking about how they had done well for a while and then backslid. I told them that I…
An interesting quote
I got this from Tim Ferriss’s facebook page, but it’s probably on his other social media as well. “The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” ― James Baldwin I never really…
Ignoring the imperfection within the beauty
While it is important to appreciate and understand both beauty and imperfection, many of us, especially myself, can sometimes get too caught up in the imperfections to notice the beauty. Today has been one of those days until I just started writing a few moments ago. I couldn’t say that any particular thing was wrong…
Seek the beauty within imperfection
Yesterday I mentioned that muses aren’t real. It occurs to me that it might be useful to explain that a little more thoroughly. Writer’s block is a commonly used term even though it’s less than a hundred years old. We have romanticized all forms of artistic creation to the extent that it is more harmful…
Getting back to work
Well, the advantage of not having an actual audience is that no one minds if I take a break, even if it’s a long break. The short version is that life has been imperfect. The long version is, well, long, and not really important. It’s time to get back to work. It may take a…
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.…
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.
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…
