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Writing is the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about. Of course, you can learn a lot about something without writing about it. However, writing about something complicated and hard to pin down acts as a test to see how well you understand it. When we approach our work as a stranger, we often discover how something that seems so simple in our heads is explained entirely wrong.

—unknown

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Alternatively: measure three times, cut twice, and return to Lowe' Hardware

–print by GFDA

We experience what the writer and futurist Alvin Toffler in 1970 called 'choice overload': we fall back on familiar favourites, we let automated playlists make the decisions for us, we may even stop seeking out new music altogether.  

“Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.”

— James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

I’ve been thinking about stuff like this a lot since I returned from Houston. I seem to get inside my head when I’m commuting to work in the morning. So much that sometimes I couldn’t even tell you what was playing on the radio. Maybe I should cancel my SiriusXM subscription.