Bliss out with an uplifting short animation about a contented introvert, lessons in creativity by Prince, a lentil curry recipe, hopeful news for Scottish trees and much more. It’s edition #125 #Interesting Things #ContentCatnip. Tell your pals…
These amazing people are creating a temperate rainforest in Scotland
I love Scotland, but it would be even more epic and immense if there was more trees and more native animals in the Highlands. This project makes my heart sing!
Lessons in how to be a creativity machine according to Prince
Great insights to inform anyone’s creative work. I just LOVE Prince.
Work Fast: Use the first recording as this includes all of the emotion.
Become a finisher: Finish tracks in one hour, one day etc.
Abandon perfectionism: Make art every day and don’t overthink things, keep it all moving.
Sleep: Value sleep highly
Vault mentality: Look at your day like you are crafting your legacy
Ask Reddit: what sounds good in theory but is actually terrible in practice?
- Communism
- Polygamy
- Abstinence
- Many sexual fantasies
- Libertarianism or “the government should run like a business”
- “Just be yourself”
- Trust your gut/instincts
- Taking advice from social media influencers on anything
- Eugenics
- Trickle-down economics
- Dating apps
- Privatising prisons
- Privatising essential medical care
- Privatising critical infrastructure: water, energy, sewage
- Privatising higher education
- Buying a house and looking after it
- Buying a car and looking after it
- Hedonism and “living for today”
- Attending multi-day music festivals if you’re aged over 25
- An “everyone is beautiful and healthy at any size” attitude to being overweight
- Living alone
- Artificial intelligence
More intelligent people like to spend more time alone
Friend and fellow blogger on WordPress Lamp Magician confirms my long-held hunch that introversion and intelligence go hand in hand, using various research findings.
“The findings here show – and not surprisingly – that people with greater intelligence and the ability to use it. They are less likely to spend so much time socializing because they focus on other long-term goals.”
In other words, the most intelligent person might prefer to spend their time evolving their science or knowledge or even taking part in organizations with goals rather than feeling that she/he is wasting their time with socialization. , which not only does not offer them anything since it does not evolve this way but on the contrary, it hinders them as they abuse their “useful” time, which could be much more creative.
Via Lamp Magician – definitely worthwhile to follow!
Sweet potato and lentil curry with Aunty Jay
Looks hearty!
Groove Corporation – Your Heart (1993)
Jangly, positive and happy 90’s house music that puts you in the mood to hit the beach.
Symbols lost to the English language over time
I would argue that the ampersand is well and truly live and kicking. Via Cool Guides on Reddit
Dimanche après-midi (Sunday Afternoon) by Leonor Fini (1980)
Leonor Fini was an enigmatic and often misunderstood outsider artist of the Surrealist movement. She conjured captivating worlds with her brush, challenging societal norms while unveiling the mysteries of the human psyche.
She was born in Buenos Aires and later her career flourished in Paris. Fini’s subversive art often featured themes of female sexuality, goddess worship, the occult. She had the mystical power to beckon the view into uncanny dreamlike realms where the extraordinary blends seamlessly with the everyday. Like her work Sunday Afternoon, which invites the viewer to see women as mysterious powerholders, Fini encourages us into the depths of our own imagination.
Dimanche après-midi showcases a series of portraits featuring Leonor Fini entwined with her cats, all positioned on shelves, giving the impression of dolls or ornaments. Through this composition, the artwork implies that the enigmatic aspects of femininity are at times misconstrued as objectification. Beyond this interpretation, the piece also conveys the delight of a ‘Sunday Afternoon’ and underscores Fini’s deep affection and devotion to her feline companions. Her treatment of her cats as if they were human, and her strong identification with them, blurred the lines between herself and a feline persona to some extent.
Happier Alone by Lili Giacobino
“Happier Alone” is a comforting and uplifting stop-motion short film by the hugely talented Lili Giacobino. The short film portrays the preferred lifestyle of an introverted man who has completely accepted his own true nature. “Self- acceptance whatever society dictates” is the message here, which is reflected in the apparent inner peace of the man and the peaceful surroundings of his natural environment.
When you hold somebody, you gotta hold them like it’s the last minute of your life.
Hunters & Collectors: Talking to a Stranger
Hunters & Collectors are a classic and yet criminally underrated Aussie band of the 80’s and 90’s. With thanks to William and his fantastic music blog for the reminder of their greatness…
“How immensely important to us are those things in our life that are stable and unchanging. So much of our world is in motion. How welcome are the bits that stand still.”
~ C.R. Milne
Incredible documentaries about female artists
Recently I watched two really great documentaries about the lives of two iconic female artists from two different eras. Goddess of the Flower Power era Janis Joplin; along with Goddess of 80’s power pop Whitney Houston. Both were immensely talented and charismatic and both were chewed up and spat out by a toxic celebrity culture, which both reveres and hates women. Worth watching!
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