215/365

Rules of academia:

  • Questions are more important than facts
  • Answers are temporary
  • Models are provisional
  • Failure happens a lot
  • Patience is a requirement
  • When you’re lucky, hopefully you realize it
  • Things don’t unfold linearly
  • If there’s free food, get there early

—Stuart Firestein 

179/365

❝You can keep your Al. I prefer the nuanced balance of the perfection of imperfection, the cut & paste of these lovingly crude compositions that heal me on a cellular level.❞  

177/365

You will be celebrated for performing your identity in legible, simplistic ways. This ultimately flattens your complexity and lived experience. Resist this.  

Remember not all of your life decisions have to be smart. Some can be purely for cinematic value. 

 


173/365

The secret to parenting/life/negotiation is to remember that the main goal in every conversation is to have the next conversation.

Remember not all of your life decisions have to be smart. Some can be purely for cinematic value. 

You will be celebrated for performing your identity in legible, simplistic ways. This ultimately flattens your complexity and lived experience. Resist this.   

file under: your world is a reflection of your understanding


171/365

“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.” 

—John Archibald Wheeler 

I realized today that is has been four years since I began my journey to complete a doctoral program. I don't care for the term "journey" since it seems to be overused on reality television shows. But, it is a journey. It is a battle. It is a constant struggle to finish. And, one thing I have realized while my way through this doctoral program and now the dissertation component, is the limitation of my own experience in this world.