I just taught my word processor(s) to spell the word “eclecticist.”
That was just after adding the expression “exploring the adjacent possible” to my weekly vocabulary.
Author - Paul Schatzkin
You really can’t appreciate how much you rely on the very tip of your primary-hand index finger until you nick it with the super-sharp blade of a brand-new food* processor, and can’t use it for a couple of days to swipe or type…
*the original version of this post had the word typed as “foot-processor.” See what I mean?
Shared from Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series)
When you give yourself frequent permission to explore the “adjacent possible” with no restrictions on where it leads, you increase the likelihood of a creative breakthrough in all areas of your life and work.
This is a pretty even handed treatment of the Google/Nest acquisition, despite the seemingly inflammatory opening: “Let’s get it out of the way right at the top: Google is a creepy company that’s only getting creepier with its hideous camera glasses and driverless ghost cars… it’s a creepy exercise anytime you sit and think about all the data you just hand over to this face-cam-wearing company on a daily basis…. But once all the jokes on Twitter die down, this is a super smart move on Google’s part…”
Do you remember the last verse of the last song on the Eagles’ album, “Hotel California”? It’s called The Last Resort, and the verse begins with:
We can leave it all behind
And sail to Lahaina
Like the missionaries did
So many years ago
They even brought a neon sign
Jesus is coming
Brought the white man’s burden down
Brought the white man’s reign
That’s the song that ends with the line “…call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye… Click here to refresh your memory…
I lived on the island of Maui for more than a dozen years, through the 1980s and part of the 1990s. I drove past that neon “Jesus is Coming” sign on Front Street in Lahaina a thousand times.
All of which came rushing to mind when I watched this video of surfers on the North Shore of Oahu catching the big waves. The footage is notable in part for the fact that it was shot with a drone, which provides a really breathtaking angle on Hawaii’s National Sport (FYI, the islands were a sovereign nation before the missionaries and pineapple and sugar growers decided to put an end to that…)
I enjoyed the few minutes it took to watch the whole thing – something I rarely do with online videos. Some of the footage in the first few minutes of the ‘barrel riding’ is spectacular: first the mist blasts out of the curl, then the surfer.
Once upon a time, I could play almost this entire album… that was long ago and far away… this looks like a great lineup for one of my all-time favorites, w/ Bill Lloyd, Jon Vezner, Kathy Mattea and an all-star cast.
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This is another test
This is another test of the WP—>FB protocols. But the if you’re interested in photography, this is worth reading. And this “Brain Pickings” site has a lot to offer.
Watching Rudy Giuliani defend Chris Chistie on “Meet the Press” wondering how long until he says “Benghazi.”
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