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Andrea Zittel: These things I know for sure
– as of January 6th, 2020
1. It is a human trait to want to organize things into categories. Inventing categories creates an illusion that there is an overriding rationale in the way that the world works.
2. Surfaces that are “easy to clean” also show dirt more. In reality, a surface that camouflages dirt is much more practical than one that is easy to clean.
3. Maintenance takes time and energy that can sometimes impede other forms of progress such as learning about new things.
4. All materials ultimately deteriorate and show signs of wear. It is therefore important to create designs that will look better after years of distress.
5. A perfected filing system can sometimes decrease efficiency. For instance, when letters and bills are led away too quickly, it is easy to forget to respond to them.
6. Many “progressive” designs actually hark back towards an ideal of something lost – for instance a more “natural” or “original” form.
7. AAmbiguity in visual design ultimately leads to a greater variety of functions than designs that are functionally fixed.
8. No matter how many options there are, it seems to be human nature to narrow things down to two polar, yet inextricably linked, choices.
9. The construction of rules is more creative than the destruction of them. Creation demands a higher level of reasoning and draws connections between cause and effect. The best rules are never stable or permanent but evolve naturally according to context or need.
10. What makes us feel liberated (and consequently more creative) is not total freedom, but rather living in a set of limitations that we have created and prescribed for ourselves.
11. Things that we think are liberating can often become restrictive and things that we think of as controlling can sometimes give us a sense of comfort and security.
12. Ideas seem to gestate best in a void—when that void is filled, it is more difficult to access them. In our consumption-driven society, almost all voids are filled, blocking moments of greater clarity and creativity. Things that block voids are called “avoids.”
13. Sometimes, if you can’t change a situation, you just have to change the way that you think about the situation.
14. People are most happy when they are moving forward toward something not quite yet attained. (I also wonder if this extends as well to the sensation of physical motion in space… I believe that I am happier when I am in a plane or car because I am moving towards an identifiable and attainable goal.)
15. What you own, owns you.
16. Personal truths are often perceived as universal truths. For instance, it is easy to imagine that a system or design that works well for oneself will also work for everyone else.
17. Thoughts are “designed” just like everything else around us.
18. The easiest way to establish a new desirable habit is by bundling it with an already established habit or pattern. For instance, I remember to feed the dogs and cats while I am waiting for water to boil for my morning tea. Or, I water the plants when I am waiting for the bathtub to fill.
19. Demands are more oppressive than restrictions. A to-do list is an example of a demand – you become so caught up in the list that you lose the ability to actively prioritize what is most important at any given moment. Restrictions, however, create parameters that limit certain activities in order to allow room for other things that are often hard to find time for (reading, listening to oneself think, crocheting sweaters). In other words, it is better to restrict yourself from doing certain activities than it is to add more things to your to-do list.
20. Space can’t be “made”, instead it is denoted by boundaries, divisions, walls, compartments, etc. In essence, space is created by the physical boundaries that we build to contain it.
21. Creating quotas is the best way to make sure that basic needs are met without falling into the mindset of always wanting more. Once your quota is met, you must give up something that you already own in order to acquire something new. Sample quotas for an individual are: seven t- shirts, seven pairs of underwear, seven socks, two skirts or pairs of jeans, two fitted sheets, four pillowcases, two comforter covers, and two bath-towels.
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A face like a February sky.
The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James
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My mantra.
“What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.”
— Franz Kafka
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Aristotle put it like this: “We envy those who are near us in time, place, age, or reputation…those whose possession of or success in a thing is a reproach to us: these are our neighbors and equals; for it is clear that it is our own fault we have missed the good thing in question.” Missed is the knife-twisting word here, so much of envy having to do with the feeling of a near miss, an almost.
Jean Garnett
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. This hits so close to home.
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The cover is SO FUCKING DOPE THO.
devil house was written as catnip for me
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Remember that scene in Fargo where William H. Macy beats up his windshield with the ice scraper in a giant, lonely parking lot covered in snow? This makes me think of that.
We get nowhere, it’s been proved - Yuge Zhou (because)
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Good god I feel so fucking cheesy just posting this but sometimes I guess you gotta repost some goddamn Mary Oliver.
When Death Comes, Mary Oliver.
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Library check out card pocket (c1965)
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This work is so startling. https://tamarareynoldsphotography.com/
The Drake (you are here), Tamara Reynolds
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I’ve grown, shall we say...very weary of Joan Didion recently. Or, as Daphne Merkin says
“Many of her views, especially her obsession with class indicators such as dress, décor, name brands and status, would not fly today...Although there is nothing precisely objectionable in these details, there is, to my way of thinking, something tiresome about them, a tic of un-self-conscious snootiness that undercuts the overall emotional pull of [”The Year of Magical Thinking”], in which the writer otherwise succeeds in capturing the hide-and-seek quality of grief’s daily rituals.”
yeah.
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ChristuhFUH.
“In the Chech Republic, too, we love pork.”
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Sigh.
I just would like this year to be less sad
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In love with my Chinese Lady.
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