Look at that tree. It's a pretty normal tree, right? I tried to pick a very neutral picture of a tree--one that could be anywhere, with anything going on around it outside the frame. Anything could be happening to the person observing it. How would you choose to describe this tree? That choice should …
Create without conditions
Imagine a cellist playing one of Bach's solo suites. Does he consider his audience? (Did Bach, for that matter?) Does he play the suite differently to audiences of different incomes and educations and social backgrounds? No, the work selects its audience. -- Verlyn Klinkenborg One could argue the above quote by noting that pop bands …
Losing optimism
Oryx and Crake is slowly revealing information as to how the end of the world happened. Now we have learned that health corporations were creating diseases in order to sell the cure. And I tried, but I couldn't come up with one reason why real healthcare corporations wouldn't do this at some point in real …
Whiteout Wednesdays??Â
Well, this is a fun idea that I've seen some bloggers doing. You are provided with a section of text, and try to make something new out of it by whiting out sections of it. I've added my... result, below. Click the link beneath to see the original text. Try it out! Source: Whiteout …
Running out of thoughts
Is it possible to run out of thoughts? Or are they in infinite supply? I think you could only run out of thoughts or ideas, if you stopped having new experiences. Every idea is a recombination of things you've already seen and heard, or some conclusion reached based on those experiences. So, if you find …
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