October 2012
2 posts
“[T]hat quest for the authentic, is the very thing that causes the world to seem...”
– David McRaney of You Are Not So Smart fame interviews Andrew Potter, author of The Authenticity Hoax.
(As James Thurber famously put it, “Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?”)
June 2012
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May 2012
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April 2012
2 posts
WatchThe Most Passionate site has launched at last, with the first in a series of mini-docs on crazy, driven, and creative people.
mostpassionate:
My 4 minute passion doc on the owner of the Patrician grill in Toronto
March 2012
2 posts
Morning on Mars
expositionfairy:
6 Martian sunrises, as seen by the HiRISE orbiter. Once again, not artist’s renditions.
“What would a jar of pasta sauce look like if it were entirely original? Would...”
– Michael Bierut in “Authenticity: A User’s Guide,” from Seventy-nine short essays on design, corroborating the idea that all creation builds on what came before, everything is a remix, and creativity is combinatorial.
(ᔥ Austin Kleon)
February 2012
4 posts
January 2012
3 posts
December 2011
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November 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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A Flaneuse on the Loose: Some Thoughts on City... →
torontotally:
On Thursday I arrived to the first City Hall meeting of my life. The biggest reason was because someone had organized a picnic to invite people for a taste of collective activism, although I was mildly aware of what was supposed to happen inside. The picnic got rained out, I forgot to eat something, and I found myself heading home after 8 AM the next day.
Here are some things I...
July 2011
3 posts
Stuck firmly in my head this week.
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February 2009
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