All memos tagged #notecard

Confluence is a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point; the flowing together of two or more streams. Influence is the business of standing apart. Confluence is the art of bring...

October 29 There is nothing more important than an example. It leads us to do good deeds which would be impossible without this example. Therefore, if we use dissipated or passionate or cruel people a...

hope | verb | (1) to cherish a desire with anticipation: to want something to happen or be true, (2) to desire with expectation of obtainment or fulfillment, to expect with confidence. [1]

Animism is the religious belief that nothing is truly inanimate, but that all objects, places, and creatures are infused with spirit and purpose; possessing a distinct spiritual essence.

A myth is a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon; a popular belief or...

manifest | verb | to make evident or certain by showing or displaying. Manifest with precision, but don’t forget to leave space for the unimaginable.

See: co-creativity; a kind of intimacy that comes from showing aspects of yourself through play.

Maternity wards are shuttering in Italy. Ghost cities are appearing in China. Hundreds of thousands of properties in Germany have been leveled and the land turned into parks. The world’s demographics ...

Wildfires have always been a normal part of life in the American West. During a typical year in the late 20th century, fires burned about 500,000 acres a year in California — an area equal to roughly ...

A pseudonym is a fictitious name. I create pseudonyms to protect the identity of those whom I reference in my writing in cases when intimate, personal, or otherwise sensitive details are being shared....

1970: “Work hard and you too can be rich” 1990: “Work hard and a few crumbs will fall down.” 2021: “You should be willing to die in order to save the economy for the top 1%”

A mythos is a pattern of beliefs expressing often symbolically the characteristic or prevalent attitudes in a group or culture. The name Mythos One, meaning "a compendium of stories about self; one", ...