Senses working overtime #392

1 Hollow City

Edward Hooper's portraits of urban alienation.

2 The Beatles' Revolver redux.

An article cunningly title 'How Peter Jackson broke up The Beatles'

3 Too many songs, not enough hits. 

And no stars. What's wrong with today's pop world!

4 Awareness and acceptance

Why it's important to build a bridge.

5 The CD revival

Overtime: Commitment

"One good day does not mean you can coast tomorrow. You never have it fully licked. Making good choices is an endless process. Many areas of life that we value most—our relationships, our fitness, our craft—require a continual commitment."

James Clear

Senses working overtime #391

1 Invisible things

2 Note by note: The making of a Steinway piano

A superlative documentary film that you can watch here. 

3 In praise of Andor

4 What happened to Rod McKuen?

5 The Anti-Woodstock ’99”: An Oral History of the Tibetan Freedom Concert

Tibetan Buddhist monk Palden Gyatso meets Flea. Yes - Flea.

Overtime: Starting

"In some areas of life, value is unlocked by starting. Even a five-minute workout or a short walk can reset your mood and benefit your body.

In other areas, value is unlocked by finishing. It does you no good to build a bridge halfway across the river. You need to complete the project to realize the value.

Do you need to start or finish? Are you building a body or building a bridge?"

James Clear

Senses working overtime #390

1 Why we enjoy a good scare (well, not all of us - Jacky Purdy hates getting scared)

2 Giles Martin talking about Revolver

3 How brands get those crazy names

4A Why Liz Truss only lasted six weeks and 

4B Here's what to know about Rishi Sunak

5 The best sci-fi movies to watch on Netflix

Overtime: Bob Dylan on life

Boy, I hurried… I hurried for a long time. I’m sorry I did. All the time you’re hurrying, you’re not really as aware as you should be. You’re trying to make things happen instead of just letting it happen. You follow me?
 

Senses working overtime #389

1 What happens when AI creates visuals for iconic song lyrics like Mr Blue Sky

2 Coffee vs Tea - the healthiest option is...

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

3 Chess gets hipper, even a little rock and roll

4 Brown noise explained

5  Paul Newman's memoir - how it came out years after he passed away.

Overtime: Knowledge

Wisława Szymborska, poet and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature:

"Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life."

Source: The Poet and the World via James Clear

Senses working overtime #388

1 Why deli bought sandwiches taste better than homemade ones

2 The U.S. Supreme Court case about artistic creativity

3 Christian Bale on his characters, acting, and being him.

4 Wrigley Field - home of the Chicago Cubs - via extraordinary drone footage.

How did they do that??

5 Top 100 BBC performances

Overtime: How to get comfortable with uncertainty and change

Senses working overtime #387

1 Tartle (and other perfect words with no English equivalent)

Photo by HIVAN ARVIZU @soyhivan on Unsplash

2 Seventy greatest comedies of the 21st Century

3 The 100 greatest TV shows of all time

4 Fifteen of NASA's coolest inventions that regular people use

5 Understanding platonic male friendships

Overtime: Is this (a braindead legal judgment) the beginning of the end of the internet?

Senses working overtime #386

1 The steady demise of Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras

2 Seventeen ways to be more positive

3 The real magic of rituals 

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

4 How Tetris went viral

5 The cheating scandal rocking the chess world

Overtime: From James Clear

"The brilliance of the stars would be invisible without the vast darkness of space behind them.

Do not wish away the difficult portions of life. They provide the contrast needed to appreciate the joyful moments."