In a world where technology is king, where we interact more and more on line with social networking and e-mail, it is all the more important to construct real relationships in which you effect social change for the better. It is SO important to know where our hard fought free expression comes from. If Gaga’s work speaks to people, they might also be interested in the art work of amazing trans artist Zachary Drucker, David Wojnarovich and Leigh Bowery who died of AIDS, Ron Athey, Eleanor Antin, Michel Clarke, Maria Abramovich, Adrian Piper and Emory Douglas – the lead graphic artist for the Black Panthers. Some of these artists have more notoriety than others but there work is spellbindingly beautiful and so necessary for our consciousness. Heather Cassils (Lady Gaga’s Prison GF Says Kissing Her Was ‘Electric’ | Defamer) (via clembastow)
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Maybe the hardest part of leadership—be it leading a company, a family, a relationship or simply your own life—is that often times you don’t know and you still have to act. The Monster In Your Head (via fred-wilson, wearethedigitalkids)
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Tags: business life 28 notes | | Mar 9, 2010
Dreams from my life

I’ve been spending some time today thinking about how I can achieve my three major goals in life:

  1. Get myself an appearance on the The Sartorialist
  2. Go on a date with Audrey Tattou
  3. Submit a winning New Yorker cartoon caption

Anyone got any brilliant ideas?

Tags: me life dreams | Sep 20, 2009
See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness. Eckhart Tolle (via michaeltrounce)
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Tags: profound life 4 notes | | Sep 17, 2009

Most people don’t think of themselves as gamblers; they prefer to think of themselves as people who make deliberate and rational choices in a deterministic world. Modern society is set up to give us all the illusion that we can be protected from all risk. Tort law in America is set up with the assumption that everything works in a Cartesian fashion, for example. There is very little allowance for randomness and fate: someone or something is always held responsible for bad things.

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People misunderstand the role of risk and randomness in their professional lives. Most people, for example, get jobs. A job seems like a relatively risk-free lifestyle. Jobs certainly remove virtually all upside potential, so you’d expect to be compensated with lower volatility. I think a lot of people are now finding out they mis-calibrated their job volatility risk.

 From this fascinating post by Scott Locklin.
Tags: finance life randomness | Sep 13, 2009