{"id":1946,"date":"2023-02-13T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2023-02-27T19:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T19:19:40","slug":"on-taste-airplane-homes-the-strangeness-of-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/on-taste-airplane-homes-the-strangeness-of-being","title":{"rendered":"On taste, airplane homes & the strangeness of being"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Where we are, the days are slowly, quietly getting longer. No matter where you are, more light is always ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here's what's on our mind this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artwork of Miles Johnston<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cFrom mathematics, physics, philosophy, art, I always wanted to see the world around me as if for the first time. I have always felt a sense of the sublime, terrifying, awe inspiring strangeness of being.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See more of Miles Johnston's work \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right click the images above to save them to your mind on desktop.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This article about people who live in planes<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"After losing her house to a fire, Jo Ann Ussery had a peculiar idea: to live in an airplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She bought an old Boeing 727 that was destined for the scrapyard, had it shipped to a plot of land she already owned, and spent six months renovating, doing most of the work by herself.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the + button in your browser to save this to your mind to read later.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
This quote from Ira Glass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is this gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first couple years you make stuff, it\u2019s just not that good. It\u2019s trying to be good, it has potential, but it\u2019s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn\u2019t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I\u2019ve ever met. It\u2019s gonna take awhile. It\u2019s normal to take awhile. You\u2019ve just gotta fight your way through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlight the text, including the quotation marks, to save this to your mind as a quote.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This wallpaper<\/p>\n\n\n

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You might spot this one on our Twitter<\/a> or in a coming mymind video.<\/a> You can use it yourself on desktop, mobile or wherever you please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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