First there’s the urban shift. The rush to suburbia is over; people want to live in the hearts of their cities – and not just during their student years. They will sacrifice space for location and so the ultimate city luxury becomes not owning a car but being able to walk to work. It is not an embarrassment but a boast to say that you have no car. Plus, where would you park it?
Source: sergiosantos
Don’t ignore your dreams; don’t work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.
Paul Graham
It could just be another hipster-quote on the web, but instead it seems to gain a whole other meaning when you know it was said by this guy. At least to me.
Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.
“Have heroes outside of magic.”
14 years ago - the day Teller gave me the secret to my career in magic.
The whole post is really great. Let me quote my favorite paragraphs:
Have heroes outside of magic. Mine are Hitchcock, Poe, Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Bach. You’re welcome to borrow them, but you must learn to love them yourself for your own reasons. Then they’ll push you in the right direction. […]
Love something besides magic, in the arts. Get inspired by a particular poet, film-maker, sculptor, composer. You will never be the first Brian Allen Brushwood of magic if you want to be Penn & Teller. But if you want to be, say, the Salvador Dali of magic, we’ll THERE’S an opening.
I’m a believer and follower of this. I believe that, as Kirby Ferguson says, nothing is truly original, and that innovation comes from mixing different ideas from different areas. And a great way to do that is by inspiring yourself in a trait from someone you admire.
Also, in someway this goes toward something that I’m aiming to do in the next year I have ahead. I’ll post about it when I have something more specific. But here it goes another hint:
“We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.” — David Lynch
