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The best meditation is being genuinely curious about the contents of your own mind.

Naval

I came to a point where I needed solitude and to just stop the machine of ‘thinking’ and ‘enjoying’ what they call ‘living…

Jack Kerouac

… not enough ecstasy for me, not enough life, joy, kicks, darkness, music, not enough night.

Jack Kerouac

“THE IMPOSSIBLE ATTRACTS ME BECAUSE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE HAS BEEN DONE AND THE WORLD DIDN’T CHANGE”

– Sun Ra

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Ernest Hemingway

Don’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you’re not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you’ve lived nearly half the time you have to live already?

Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

I’m re-reading this novel and it’s amazing how there are so many applicable quotes that hit me straight on.

“Lastly, if there’s anything I can convince you of: you should build a personal site, you should obsess over it, you should meticulously document it, and you should have quite a bit of fun doing so. (It’s worth it.)”

Justin Duke

The difference is almost indistinguishable when comparing portraits from a $900 mobile phone or a $2,500 mirrorless camera. Cameras are losing turf as mobile phones are closing the gap in technology and usability.

The future of goods and services are subscription-based.

The latest BS is that BMW has built-in seat warmers behind an $18 monthly paywall. What a nightmare.

There is something fundamentally wrong with how companies no longer feel they are able to sell products at a sustainable price.

At some point soon, companies will charge subscriptions for the most minimal product or service and still throw ads at us.

Unacceptable.

Forget about SAAS (software as a service), I am more interested in GASAAS (Giving A Shit as a Service.)

I can buy products anywhere, but I require someone to give a shit. Someone who works hard, cares about their customer and provides the most basic service. Caring is as rare as common sense these days.

Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.

Ernest Hemingway

I need a new photo project. I figure that there will be a lot of photo opportunities between now and November, so, my new project is…

During and after the 2016 campaigns I swore off of news media and politics. I’m done. However, they are still so invasive and pervasive that it is difficult to ignore. I’ll start off this project with this: