One of the silly things about being a musician is that your hands get soft. I think it’s a dangerous thing. You have to be a person, it’s too freeing to just be an artist. You don’t have enough coming in if you’re just experiencing your own art all the time. Justin Vernon on being… Read more »
From the Inspiration Archives
Red Wing Heritage With Justin Vernon
This Red Wing Heritage video with Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) is spot on. As a born and raised midwesterner, I relate to the sense of community and work ethic he references, as well as often find myself longing for that here. Right on Red Wing. Via Whiskey Grade.
Austin Kleon on Risk-taking
Risk in life is shooting heroin to see if it’ll make you more like Lou Reed. Risk in life is blowing your savings on an apartment in Paris so you can write The Great American Novel. Risk in life is quitting your job and losing your health insurance just so you can live some Mythical… Read more »
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, 1967 – 2014
The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we’re uncool. Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs in Almost Famous
Make Your Soul Grow
What I had to say to you, moreover, would not take long, to wit: Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow…. Read more »
Cotton Candy Skies & Gingerbread Houses
Photos taken from a morning walk with the dogs up in the hills.
On Twenty-somethings…
I don’t think it’s possible to be an at-peace human when you are between 22 and 30. Lena Dunham on Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin
Make That Place as Cool as it Can Be
For chrissakes, stop moving to San Francisco (or Austin, or Brooklyn, etc.). Those places don’t need you. Stay where you are and make that place as cool as it can be. Jay Fanelli Designer Jay Fanelli from the Pastry Box. Read more on how to live your life better.
A Darn Sight Better
Happiness is making other people happy. It’s a darn sight better than making them feel bad. Mountain Man Jack English Taken from the LA Times portrait of California mountain man Jack English. Read more about how to be happy.
How Do You Look at Your Life?
There are two ways to look at your life: what happened to you or what you did. Frank Chimero From Frank Chimero’s Some Lesson’s I Learned in 2013. I’d highly encourage reading as they are all quite good. For more New Year goodness read my post on why you should ditch your New Year’s resolution.