taking things seriously - by Nix 🕊 - starting from nix ꩜

on Timothée Chalamet, Brian Eno, Hayao Miyazaki

Simon le Clerc There are many trailheads to meaning, but I believe one route is giving yourself the permission to take what you care about seriously. No matter how small. But first, you need to parse what matters to you and admit that it matters. Desire is embarrassing. Admitting that you want to improve on some measure of subjective quality or taste means admitting that you might fail to meet it. Rupturing your own standard is the necessary price of pursuit. Perhaps that’s why many found Timothée Chalamet’s SAG acceptance speech powerful and refreshing, as simple as it was. “I know we’re…

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