The calligraphers’ tales point to reasons for this lettering renaissance, beyond its suitability for Instagram’s square, aesthetically pleasing frame. The first is flexibility. Designers want to keep their hand in the game physically, learning from the old letterforms that remain the base for new fonts, logos, and applications that take the scrolls off the page […]
Category Archives: Curated
Being Still
Matthieu Ricard on taking time for stillness: I hear that all the time too, people saying they’re so busy, how can they possibly take another 20 minutes? It’s just as Pico said about physical fitness before. If people from Nepal come to Paris and they see people jogging early in the morning or going on […]
Kindness and success
Via University of Wisconsin-Madison News I think there’s increasing recognition of how social, emotional and cognitive functioning are intermingled; that kids may have difficulty in school when emotional challenges arise and that impacts learning,” she adds. “Can you imagine how this could shift the climate of our schools, our community, our world, if cultivating these […]
Ira Glass on the Creative Process
Good reminder.
Being a better human being
Via ideas.ted.com