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Jul 17, 2019

this is how he chilled his aesthetic was his way of being; it ran all the way through

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aesthetic resonance

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Alison Niedbalski

@qualiaisreal

“Miles used to say, ‘I can tell whether somebody can play or not by what they wear and how they move in it.’” gq.com/story/living-l

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I knew jordan peterson was due for some misery when I saw that he was saying "clean your room" to others while living in a messy room himself aesthetic dissonance

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if someone claims to be the second coming of steve jobs, the first question I ask is, how do they talk to their families about household appliances? people focus too much on the "great" part of "insanely great" obsession runs all the way through wired.com/1996/02/jobs-2/

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if someone claims to be the second coming of lee kuan yew, my question is, how do they talk about how they make decisions in their personal life? aesthetics are about values, powerful values run all the way through your own heart and way of being visakanv.com/sg/lky-hard-tr

I personally believe that each person has within them an entire universe of aesthetics that's rich, dense & ripe for exploring. one of life's grand adventures is: you get to build out the extended cinematic universe of yourself. search your past for clues

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Jan 22, 2019

I have conversations with and comment on past selves in the marginalia of my books - so if you borrow my books you don’t just get to read the books, but my comments, and my arguments with myself, meta-comments... I am Extremely Online even when I am offline

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nobody can move as quickly, confidently and resolutely as the people who are grounded in a deep understanding of + pursuit of their own aesthetic. these artists look like magicians to people who aren't in tune with themselves

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Cinder

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