Hi,
Happy Friday! Here’s a list of 10 neat things.
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Art: Memento Mori; Memento Vivere - remember that you will die, remember to live. Memento mori is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death.
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Art: Stanislavski's system - a systematic approach to training actors developed in the first half of the twentieth century - the "art of experiencing".
“A rediscovery of the 'system' must begin with the realization that it is the questions which are important, the logic of their sequence and the consequent logic of the answers. A ritualistic repetition of the exercises contained in the published books, a solemn analysis of a text into bits and tasks will not ensure artistic success, let alone creative vitality. It is the Why? and What for? that matter and the acknowledgement that with every new play and every new role the process begins again.” - Jean Benedetti
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Music: Where’s all the other moms? - Dave Grohl and his mom interview other musicians and their moms - so sweet.
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Culture: Two First Names - “This is a side-effect of the American habit of using common last names as first names - most British readers would not recognize most of these surnames as first names.” - funny.
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Tech: Diffusion of Innovation Theory - Diffusion research examines how ideas are spread among groups of people. Innovations are not adopted by all individuals in a social system at the same time, but they tend to adopt in a time sequence.
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UX: A Practical Guide to Risk Management and Governance in UX - identify, assess, and mitigate risks.
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AI: The most important AI trends in 2024 - IBM
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Spirituality: Floromancy, also known as anthomancy, is the divination of flowers and flower petals. Learn about flower sorcery and how to read signs from plants. I’ve never tried this, but sounds fun.
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Nature: Petrichor - the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.
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Update: I am mist ha - the gift of formlessness. To find your “pillar”, enter your Chinese zodiac animal and element in the search bar on the right. If you don’t know your Chinese zodiac, search for it using your birth year and month - month is important since the lunar new year changes each year.