Hi peeps. Happy Friday. Still stuck on my 5/2 exchange so I'm still saying TGIF ._. My coworker next to me is eating and he's making chewing noises, I wanna throw the keyboard at him.
I just read "Keep Going" by Austin Kleon in a couple commutes. Short little book, those nice little reads with some big letter quotes that feel like some warm sunshine and a hug and helps you take it slowly and enjoy today; it's targeted towards creatives and I've been reading books on art lately as I try to make it a stronger habit to make myself sit and create.
But it wasn't just about art, and there were a few golden nuggets as he sourced a lot of the teachings from a lot of people from the past, like Henry David Thoreau, Seneca, Ralph Waldo Emerson, I mean a lot of people really.
I know this is a bit farfetched but knowing a lot of you guys have read on stoicism, some philosophy and stuff like that I thought you could recommend some titles that keep me on that path, based on a few of the things I've highlighted, I don't wanna call it stoicism because it's not just that. Idk let's try anyway:
Well I got Henry's Journals on my list. As well I got a book that supposedly talks about 100+ creative daily routines ("Daily Rituals: How Artists Work"). Ah, and the letters of Van Gogh to Theo seem super promising too from several extracts I've found in several places.
I thought I had highlighted more passages--I guess I forgot to.
Does this give you an idea? Reflecting on men, their virtues and values, etc. I know a lot of the great Greek philosophers talked about those subjects but I wouldn't know which one to grab. Anyone a bit more knowledgeable regarding this?
By the way 1) I read Unscripted last year. 😀
By the way 2) This is me reading on my free time as leisure not reading to procrastinate on action etc.
I just read "Keep Going" by Austin Kleon in a couple commutes. Short little book, those nice little reads with some big letter quotes that feel like some warm sunshine and a hug and helps you take it slowly and enjoy today; it's targeted towards creatives and I've been reading books on art lately as I try to make it a stronger habit to make myself sit and create.
But it wasn't just about art, and there were a few golden nuggets as he sourced a lot of the teachings from a lot of people from the past, like Henry David Thoreau, Seneca, Ralph Waldo Emerson, I mean a lot of people really.
I know this is a bit farfetched but knowing a lot of you guys have read on stoicism, some philosophy and stuff like that I thought you could recommend some titles that keep me on that path, based on a few of the things I've highlighted, I don't wanna call it stoicism because it's not just that. Idk let's try anyway:
Well I got Henry's Journals on my list. As well I got a book that supposedly talks about 100+ creative daily routines ("Daily Rituals: How Artists Work"). Ah, and the letters of Van Gogh to Theo seem super promising too from several extracts I've found in several places.
I thought I had highlighted more passages--I guess I forgot to.
Does this give you an idea? Reflecting on men, their virtues and values, etc. I know a lot of the great Greek philosophers talked about those subjects but I wouldn't know which one to grab. Anyone a bit more knowledgeable regarding this?
By the way 1) I read Unscripted last year. 😀
By the way 2) This is me reading on my free time as leisure not reading to procrastinate on action etc.
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