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The machine’s crashed. So nothing today!

“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide whether it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they’re deciding, make even more art.” — Andy Warhol Picture Credit - Ian Burt

But of a funny kind. As I watch Poirot, I seem to have a strange longing for that period. The 20s to the 50s. I love the art of the age, the music, the food … Everything seemed so … simpler, yet more elegant then.

I’ve been raving to my friends about Akimbo and I’m surprised I haven’t written about it here. It’s one of the reasons, I’m glad I’m alive at a time like this. There’s no way without modern technology, I could learn from a master like Seth Godin for free! Akimbo is Seth’s latest project and it’s podcast on all things Seth. To me, it’s my real life MBA. They’re weekly, punchy, 20 minute episodes on a topic. ...

Maybe the lucky ones are the hidden figures. … The motto of the philosopher Epicurus, which was taken up by the great essayist Montaigne as well, was lathe biōsas. Live in obscurity. The French saying, Pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés: “In order to live happily, live hidden.” This is not to say you must be poor or a failure. You can still be extraordinary. You just don’t have to be the most extraordinary. You don’t have to strive to beat out all the other broken people, to be the most well-known out of everyone who ever wanted to be known. ...

One of my biggest goals in life is to become as good as Randall Munroe, at explaining stuff, in such a warm engaging manner, by telling the awesomest stories! THIS IS AWESOME!