I have no words to offer which may comfort the reader who is also a castaway, except that rescue may come at any time but not necessarily when you expect it;
and that even if you give up hope, you must never give up trying, for, as the result of your efforts, hope may well return and with justification


— Dougal Robertson, Sea Survival


via @mariapopova
https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/02/28/sea-survival-dougal-robertson/


#Life #Hope #Desperation #mjbDoTheWork #Resilience #AntiFragile




Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111378013882569363

#life, #hope, #desperation, #mjbdothework, #resilience, #antifragile


Theoretical research in the sciences is the unfallen version of Fuck Around and Find Out. 😀


— Diane Duane


https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/733143720787132416/theoretical-research-in-the-sciences-is-the


#Science #Art #Life #Tinkering #Exploring #MakeMistakes




Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111362249469987959

#science, #art, #life, #tinkering, #exploring, #MakeMistakes


You seem kind!


https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/733147417336283136




Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111362239695563735


When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man’s art and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate;
       For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
       That then I scorn to change my state with kings.


https://youtu.be/6_0VBS9AOhE?t=86


#WillieTheRapper #JudiKillsIt #TheDench #JudiDench #Shakespeare #Art #Poetry




Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111350566698196151

#WillieTheRapper, #JudiKillsIt, #TheDench, #judidench, #shakespeare, #art, #poetry


ee862f0090174919.jpgTree on a lake


#BlackAndWhite #Nature #mjbPhotography #Photography




Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111350506906054913

#blackandwhite, #nature, #mjbphotography, #photography


Here’s what I read last week


  1. The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson
  2. Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson
  3. Secret History, Brandon Sanderson

The rest of this year’s list is here:
https://janusworx.com/reading/2023/


#mjbReads #Books #mjbBooks #Reading #mjbReading




Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111350025750848860

#mjbreads, #books, #mjbbooks, #reading, #mjbreading


Weekly fitness update


https://janusworx.com/fitness/#2023-11-03


#mjbgettingfit




Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111350018252487797

#mjbgettingfit


and all went well this time :)




Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111344355540191823


#LinuxMint’s offering an upgrade to my Nvidia display drivers today.


for once I remember! 😂
System backup in progress before I attempt this!


#Backups




Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/111344238583995943

#linuxmint, #backups


Because I wrote a book called *Steal Like an Artist*, some people think I’m really interested in plagiarism. Actually, I’m much more interested in *forgery*.


“Plagiarism is the flip side of forgery,” wrote Andrew Potter in *The Authenticity Hoax*. “Forgers pass off their own work as that of someone else, while plagiarists pass off the work of others as their own.”


In other words: Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else’s work. Forgery is giving someone else credit for work you create.


The difference is you *doing the work*.


— Austin Kleon
https://austinkleon.com/2023/11/01/3-recent-newsletters/


#Art #Life #mjbDoTheWork #StealLikeAnArtist #AustinKleon




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#art, #life, #mjbdothework, #StealLikeAnArtist, #AustinKleon