"In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It’s important to combine the two in just the right amount."

Haruki Murakami (via breathemystardust)

(Source: langste)

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“If you don’t take money, they can’t tell you what to do. That’s the key to the whole thing.”

— Bill Cunningham, a fashion photographer for The New York Times, known for his candid and street photography.

"An ounce of experience is better than a ton of theory simply because it is only in experience that theory has vital and verifiable significance."

John Dewey (via Lebenskünstler)

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Scenius

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The musician Brian Eno invented a word to describe “genius” as the entirety of a scene, rather than the work of an individual:

Scenius is like genius, only embedded in a scene rather than in genes. Brian Eno suggested the word to convey the extreme creativity that groups, places or “scenes” can occasionally generate. His actual definition is: “Scenius stands for the intelligence and the intuition of a whole cultural scene. It is the communal form of the concept of the genius.”

You see:

Individuals immersed in a productive scenius will blossom and produce their best work. When buoyed by scenius, you act like genius. Your like-minded peers, and the entire environment inspire you.

The geography of scenius is nurtured by several factors:

• Mutual appreciation
• Rapid exchange of tools and techniques
• Network effects of success
• Local tolerance for the novelties

When you find this place, hold on.

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Live for something.

(Source: oldchum)

"Effective immediately, I am leaving Goldman Sachs"

Magnificent Ruin (via nevver)

"Freemans is a pioneer in a trend that we have seen happening for a while now, striving for a sort of refined, woolly, arts-and-craftsy, anachronistic Americana feeling. Think taxidermy, hand-cobbled brogues, and cocktails made with rye instead of whiskey. The common denominator in this trend seems to be a yearning for the “authentic.” Interestingly, things don’t need to actually be authentic as long as they feel authentic. In fact, they can be completely fake. Take Hipstamatic or Instagram, apps that let you simulate the look and feel of different types of old film photographs right in your iPhone, transforming your life as seen through Twitter and Facebook into a French new wave cinema storyboard. People have the ability to edit and broadcast their lives, and a lot of them are choosing to do so through an idealized analog retro filter in which they candidly appear as if they weren’t aware of being watched."

The Current Rage In Branding: Fake Authenticity Is Now A-Okay | Co.Design: business innovation design (via new-aesthetic)