Sprouts

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When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look into the reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or our family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.

 

Thich Nhat Hanh

White sides

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Borders and context.

Is that it?

"A lot of being able to to do that – to really laugh with someone – is to be present in the moment with them, and to not try and control the future, or manipulate the past. You just be with them. And you make fun of the guy in the too-tight blazer walking by your table together. Or she spills her coffee because you were doing an impression of your weird roommate and she laughed so hard she knocked it over.

That’s what matters, man. More than any candlelit dinner. You’re just going to shit that lobster out anyway in 12 hours. That laugh, though, will last for years.

Life is too short."


-Ned Hepburn

Pensive

John Coltrane and Miles Davis , NYC, 1959. © Don Hunstein.

"God must be a painter. Why else would we have so many colors?"
-Alicia, A Beautiful Mind

Gifting

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They told me that to make her fall in love, I had to make her laugh. But everytime she laughs, I’m the one who falls in love. 

- Tommaso Ferraris

Once you decide on your occupation… you must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work. Never complain about your job. You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That’s the secret of success… and is the key to being regarded honorably

 

Jiro Ono - “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” 

Neckline

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