#log

A distinctive appearance and a simple set of characteristics lead to an extremely flexible brand. (pg. 38) ↗

— Woodrow Phoenix

#design #graphic-design #logos #toy-design #toys

HOBBES: All this modern technology just makes people try to do everything at once. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#technology

Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#technology

A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#language #nature #phenomenology #words #writing

Did you bring me a rat?" "He has no time for rats, George." "No time for rats? That's just sad. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#mythology #mythology

This is a passion story: my passion, his, ours — yours. ↗

— Elizabeth Cunningham

#christian-mythology #sared-sexuality #mythology

There is no monopoly of common sense On either side of the political fence We share the same biology Regardless of ideology Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children too [...] There's no such thing as a winnable war It's a lie we don't believe anymore ..." (The Russians) ↗

— Sting

#common-sense #communalities #ideology #peace #war

When you kill a man, You steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, Rob his children of a father. ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#life

By embracing your subconscious, you gain a different way of seeing and experiencing—an expanded perception that opens a doorway, not only to lucid dreams, but also to the mythic dimension. As in lucid dreams, you see yourself or others with new eyes; your senses awaken and grasp an experience more fully than ever before; suddenly, you find your ears are open to hear with a deeper understanding. ↗

— Jenny Davidow

#lucid-dreams #psychology #spirituality #dreams

[...] and I said to myself: Aha. George used to have a way of coping." "When?" I said, confused. "You mean, when I was a kid?" "Have you ever heard," you said, "of the idea of the shadow self?" Sure, I told you. It was one of the Jungian archetypes—one of the symbols of the collective unconscious. That was pretty much all I remembered from college. "Not bad. Do you know what function it plays, in analysis?" you asked. I shook my head. You continued. "The shadow is a frequent figure in dreams. It can appear as a kind of doppelgänger; an evil twin. It embodies our repressed desires. The dark stuff. The shameful stuff. The you-want-to-fuck-your-mother stuff." (48) ↗

— Justin Evans

#dreams