”If you place a thing into the centre of your life that lacks the power to nourish
It will eventually poison everything that you are and destroy you
A simple a thing as an idea or your perspective on yourself or the world
No one can be the source of your content, it lies within, in the centre. “
Faithless — Liontamer
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”A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn’t look like an elephant.“
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When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
Jack Handey -
“You aren’t a machine with broken parts. You are an animal whose needs are not being met.”
Johann Hari, in Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – And the Unexpected Solutions.I didn’t plan to listen to an audiobook about depression. I just heard Johann Hari in Joe Rogan’s podcast and thought his clarity was refreshing.
Depression has been a part of my life several times and this book felt like it was satisfyingly tying together a lot of unconnected thoughts about depression. Thoughts I’ve had on antidepressants. Thoughts I’ve had about our society. Thoughts about life.
There was so many parts of the book that spoke to me. That quote in particular I heard while I was biking around outside of Copenhagen. I had to stop and re-hear it several time.
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the sun shows up but not just yet the taste of tequila is still on my lip my conscience will falter for some things I can’t alter I try to pick a fight have I done anything right? I took too long and the ride is gone please just please pick up the phone
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We tend to view body and mind as separate things. They aren’t. Your mind is as much a part of your body as your organs, arms and head.
It’s important to be diligent about maintaining a good rhythm for oneself.
Here’s a byte-sized talk extracted from Andrew Huberman talks about helpful morning routines.
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Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
U.S. Navy Seals -
On Planet Earth nature discovers you.
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I think people who say: “Two wrongs doesn’t make a right”, aren’t people who tend to cut bread very crookedly.
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“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
L.P. Hartley -
“We are punished by our sins, not for them.”
Elbert Hubbard -
Life is the only thing you can rob from yourself.
– @PierreMinik (but most likely said before)
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Photo taken from my kitchen at dusk.
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i know the way i hurt you but i can’t comprehend why i let me i’m afraid to know how you feel seeing me again so i dare not look back to see if you’re there i know it’s not for me to wish but i wish i’d see you smile so i’ll know you weren’t consumed by my doing and while i wish i wish i’d see you see me so i could let my silent remorse be said that i know i took it too far
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Think quietly Dance patiently Look softly Build slowly Hug readily Ask Choose Care Rebel forbiddenly Love loudly Count the thoughts you don’t have @PierreMinik
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I love the road to there, but not getting to there.
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Greenland’s National Day is the day of summer solstice, when our daylight is at its longest. The midnight sun barely hits the horisont before it turns upwards again.
This is a picture taken from my bedroom, a few hours after the sun kissed the horisont. It’ll be another month before we have nautical twilight.
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The 4th of June there was a live online concert streamed simultaneously from Nuuk (Greenland), Reykjavík (Iceland) and Tórshavn (Faroe Islands).
The Remains of the Commonwealth is a musical abstraction of the Danish Commonwealth where the three members of the group are playing live from the three geographical locations of Nuuk, Greenland, Reykjavik, Iceland and Torshavn in the Faroe Islands. Live performance combined with streaming.
Excerpt from the Livestream on YoutubeThe performing artists were Miké Thomsen (GL), Jesper Pedersen (IS) and Heðin Ziska Davidsen (FO).
I assisted the streaming from Nuuk. Here’s some behind the scenes photos.
Here’s a short part of the performance. The rest of the performance can be viewed on Youtube.
Miké on a native drum during livestream concert. On the screen below is Heðin on the left and Jesper on the right. -
The Rainbow flag proudly waving in the subtle breeze of a summer-ish day in Nuuk, Greenland.
