Love this piece by Bob and Roberta Smith. “HBs are for architects” is the pencil trash talk I didn’t know I needed. (My wife has a master’s degree in architecture.)
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Make an appointment with the page
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtweA9JHYqe/
PS. The “make an appointment with the page” line is a nod to the Mary Oliver quote that opens the journal.
Connect Four
It rarely happens, but everyone once in a while I make something that absolutely, positively, 100% sums up everything I’m feeling at the moment.
Then I post it on Instagram and take a nap.
Why wasn’t I consulted?
Every single time some stranger online says something dumb or rude or completely beside the point to me, I think of Paul Ford’s “Why wasn’t I consulted?”:
“Why wasn’t I consulted,” which I abbreviate as WWIC, is the fundamental question of the web. It is the rule from which other rules are derived. Humans have a fundamental need to be consulted, engaged, to exercise their knowledge (and thus power), and no other medium that came before has been able to tap into that as effectively.
I’ve taken it to appending the phrase (and acronym: WWIC) to all random tweets and Instagram comments and it instantly turns them comedic. “You suck,” becomes, “WHY WASN’T I CONSULTED? You suck.” See how much easier that is to deal with? WWIC highlights that here is a lonely soul lost in the cosmos, shouting into the void, reaching out for any kind of contact, or sign that they exist.
Scroll down, swipe left, “thank u, next.”
February resolutions
January was the month with a thousand days that would not die, but now it’s February and these tweets by my friend Mark Larson popped up in my head:
What good is February? I used to think. February is a good month to die. February is a month for florists, with its Valentine’s Day bouquets and funeral arrangements.
“Late afternoon in early February,” wrote Alice McDermott, in The Ninth Hour, “was there a moment of the year better suited for despair?”
Now I think of February as an opportunity. Only 28 days in this month. A good month for a 28-day challenge. (Or, if it’s a leap year, a 29-day challenge!) Good month for something small, every day. A good month to close the gap between what we are and what we want to be. Good month to get off my ass and do something productive with my despair.
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