I’ve been curious about buddhism for a long time now. I’ve been lucky enough to talk to people who know about it and the more I learn the more it makes sense to me. Recently I ran into The Big View, a wonderful website with a great summary the 4 noble truths and the eightfold [...]
“No pretendamos que las cosas cambien si siempre hacemos lo mismo. La crisis es la mejor bendición que puede sucederle a personas y países, porque la crisis trae progresos. La creatividad nace de la angustia, como el día nace de la noche oscura. Es en la crisis que nace la inventiva, los descrubrimientos y las [...]
A good friend sent me this article. It has several gems, like:
10. The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props.
11. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether.
15. The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you [...]
Todos vivimos bajo el mismo cielo, pero no todos tenemos el mismo horizonte.
Konrad Adenauer
I (day)dream at work. So I want to learn how to work in dreams.
I was inspired by my designer-friend Lorbus and his design dreams. I know it can be done. Mary Shelley had the idea for Frankenstein in a dream. Eccentrics and extraordinaires from Salvador Dali to Da Vinci, including Richard Feyman, did it. Even [...]
Trying to discover the unexpected or reveal the unusual is vital if you are to produce a fresh view, and this always seems to involve narrowly defining what you really want to show and what you really want to avoid.
- Michael Rabiger, Directing the Documentary
I am fortunate to have many very talented friends. Some of these I consider my foils (read this post to know what I mean). Enrique Gonzalez Muller is certainly on of these friends. If I had to choose one single person responsible for getting me into music, it would have to be Enrique, with his [...]
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