ibex The ibex represents strength, endurance, and perseverance when facing challenges. Seeing an ibex in the wild reminds us how magnificent life can be, perseverancecourageambiguity
Semiotic Diaries #03: "Heron" In this letter, I explore the metaphor of a heron overcoming self-doubt and resistance to take flight and follow its dreams. Though facing storms and setbacks, the Heron battles an inner voice of doubt, represented by a croaking frog, which it ultimately silences by devouring. It relates this to doing meaningful creative work by outlining principles from Steven Pressfield's “The War of Art” and “Do the Work.” We must engage with resistance and persist despite difficulty to ship creative and entrepreneurial work. This letter also relates the Heron's journey to Le Guin's “The Eye of the Heron”. Just as the Heron achieves flight through courage and determination, we realize our potential by battling resistance and completing our work. album#heroic#journey#courage#distraction#resistance
perverse twins fear and lethargy managing fear through unreflective compliance, or avoidance; lethargy takes many seductive forms … avoid tasks, stay away from what is difficult for couragedistraction
to be afraid of the powers within Chögyam Trungpa defines the warrior not as an agent of destruction but as one who is “brave” … the definition of bravery: not being afraid of couragepower
work on one person myself I work on the one person I can work on, myself, to try to render myself more amenable to creative living in the presence of change, ambiguity, and creativecouragechange
what to si “C” is not an “a”, and it is not a “b” — this is to suggest that C is consequently flowing and not merely a choice. They don’t have to watch the introspectivechangecouragechoicepoetry