How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known

Vasily Kandinsky, Small Worlds IV (Kleine Welten IV) from Small Worlds (Kleine Welten), 1922 #museumarchive #vasilykandinsky

The world’s vast and strange, Hara, but no vaster and no stranger than our minds are.

Two Paddles Crossed Leah Dorion ~ Métis c. 2012

G’morning moon

The Great Work isn’t done in a temple or a cave. It’s done while washing dishes. Folding clothes. Living life. Presence turns the ordinary into alchemy.

No one, no matter how strong or wise or great, can rightly own and use another.

Might fuck around and Study the temporary Name “Buddha” and chill

Could be fun.

Is sharing too much of a threat to the global economy, or too small to make a difference? Both critiques are trapped in the mindset of scale. As if everything has to or is going to happen all at once. It doesn’t. 📺 Watch, stream, and subscribe Team Human now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGF...

Gregorian Voices: An Online Interactive Chant Generator [also available as a free app] mynoise.net/NoiseMachine...

Who doesn’t love a good story?

“Zen doesn’t answer questions, it dissolves them.” — Barry Magid

“Noise exposure has also been linked to a range of long-term health effects, including heart disease and diabetes – and noise-sensitive people may suffer the most from mental health impacts.” ✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social, BBC Future www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Paul Klee “Strong Dream” 1929

Man stranded on desert island regrets bringing favourite album instead of flare gun

Mary Quant (1930-2023), British fashion designer and fashion icon who was pivotal the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements #WomensArt

Emiliano di Cavalcanti (Brazilian, 1897-1976) “Carnaval” 1946

BEYOND LOCAL: 'Talk to each other': Alberta public art installation up for global award

“Bitcoin's distinctive attributes position it as a crucial tool for individuals confronting oppressive regimes.”

The world is full of disappointment and despair. How can we possibly go on knowing that everything we love will one day disappear, perhaps sooner rather than later? What is the point of taking any action at all once we realize that life as we know it is ending? open.substack.com/pub/maiaduer...

King Crimson are working on their first album in over 20 years #RobertFripp www.nme.com/news/music/k...

Perfect stop for this nowhere man.

“These belief systems use identity fusion to hijack the most fundamental question in human experience, Who am I? And they answer it not with truth or growth, but with submission to a group, a leader, or a fabricated moral order.”

Expand your networks. Make friends in your community. Build systems of mutual aid.

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I’ve got a new essay up on @buddhistdoor.bsky.social — “The Dharma of Money part 2,” a personal story of how $35,000 credit card debt became a portal for practice. #Buddhism #meditation #mindfulness #money #debt www.buddhistdoor.net/features/the...

Stephan Martin, ‘Cosmic Conversations’

#RealBuddhaQuotes Guarding your words is guarding your peace. ✨ Let this be your gentle reminder today—feel free to pass it on.

Is the universe ‘out there’ or ‘in here’?

Marc Chagall “Over the Town” 1918

Dandelions Rejoicing Richard Calver 1989

Cool stuff. But, 100 years on, are we any closer to understanding it? Does that matter?

Morning Backroad

“While delusions compel us to separate ourselves from each other and from the truth of our interdependence, our connectedness endures. The sufferings felt by those we disparage and harm return to us on the ship of karma.” — Kamilah Majied

Breathe In Erin Elizabeth Ross 2021

Contemporary artists who explore and create using AI rather than dismissing it out of hand. m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Xd...