Looking only for gold "And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?" "They were looking only for gold," his companion answered. "They were seeking the treasure of their Personal Legend, without wanting to actually live out the Personal Legend." Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist desire
Like everyone else "I'm like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does." Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist desire
Between desire and its consummation Feeling lurks in that interval of time between desire and its consummation. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World emotiondesire
Joy in the merely attainable But the really fundamental problem with desiring the unattainable is that as soon as you actually get it, it stops being unattainable. If we cannot take joy in the merely available, our lives will always be frustrated. Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rationality: From AI to Zombies happinessdesire
Write the books you want to read An Article by Austin Kleon austinkleon.com A few nights ago, I was looking at the moon and I thought, “I’d like to read a cultural history of the moon.” I googled, and there it was. My friend Matt said, “Ideally, that is exactly how one should find everything they read…and write.” It’s really that simple. You find the books you want to read… and if you can’t find them, you write them. Things Learned Blogging intuitioncreativitydesiremaking
Compositions of desire A Quote journals.sagepub.com Assemblages are passional, they are compositions of desire. There is no desire but assembling, assembled desire. Assemblages desirecollections
Two Hundred Fifty Things an Architect Should Know An Essay by Michael Sorkin www.readingdesign.org The distance of a whisper.CornersWant, need, affordWhat the brick really wants.Borders+3 More 136 things every web developer should know before they burn out and turn to landscape painting or nude modelling architecturedesigncollections
Want, need, afford What the client wants. What the client thinks it wants. What the client needs. What the client can afford. What the planet can afford. ux
What the brick really wants. The material finds the right objectWe are working against the grain of the woodThe joy of the humble brick material
Logjam That there is a big danger in working in a single medium. The logjam you don’t even know you’re stuck in will be broken by a shift in representation. creativitymedia