Incline Toward the Big Questions (George Saunders quote)
Err in the direction of kindness nd avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.
Ideas
Bits and Clips for May 2026
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, encourages or motivates you.
Neither Hot Nor Cold (Spiritual Short about Indifference)
We usually think of hate as the opposite of love, or fear as the opposite of love, but recently my sister mentioned indifference as the opposite of love.
Permission to be Imperfect (Louis Noble quote)
When you make a mark that doesn’t look right, every instinct says fix it. Wipe it off. Paint over it. Get it right.
Do We Perceive Everything? (Alan Kay Quote)
A frog’s brain is set up to recognize food as moving objects that are oblong in shape. So if we take a frog’s normal food — flies — paralyze them with a little chloroform and put them in front of the frog, it will not notice them or try to eat them.
Bits and Clips for April 2026
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, encourages or motivates you.
Grace Notes #62 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
All Around Us is Holy (Quote by Teilhard de Chardin)
By means of all created things, without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us and molds us. We imagined it as distant and inaccessible, whereas in fact we live steeped in its burning layers.
Earth Day Thought from Ron Garan
After spending 178 days aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Ron Garan returned to Earth carrying something far heavier than space equipment or mission data.
On Becoming a Good Instrument (Quote by Cecil Touchon)
The task is not to force meaning into the world. The task is to become a clear place where meaning can take form.
Bits and Clips for March 2026
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, informs, inspires, supports, educates, or motivates you.
Be Transparent (Quote by Joan Halifax)
All too often our so-called strength comes from fear, not love. Instead of having a strong back, many of us have a defended front, shielding a weak spine. In other words,
Prayer for No Kings Rallies with Bits and Clips of Concern
May our love of each other and our earth bring peace to our country and our planet, health to our systems, guardrails to our public officials, and liberty and justice to all.
A Tip I Learned from Earnest Hemingway
I find it enormously helpful, especially in long, many-stepped projects, or when there is inconsistent time in which to work.
Summary of Facts, Concerns, and Links about AI
All this is troubling, and snowballing very quickly. I advocate trying not to use AI, or at least switching to Claude, which as a company seems to have more of a conscience.
My Notes from the Better Together Conference
Non-violence in a love-centered way to thinking, acting and engaging that leads to personal, cultural, and societal transformation.
Principles of Nonviolence
Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. It is active nonviolent resistance to evil. It is assertive spiritually, mentally and emotionally.