Bradley McDevitt
@soupbone
Archetypal Scholar, Leadership Development Coach, Theater Nerd, Clown
Bradley McDevitt
thearchetype.substack.com
“Freedom is never free. Anyone who has struggled to be free knows how much it costs.”
Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That’s what surfers do—take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we’ve become incredibly adept technically. We’ve treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.
Brian Eno
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time. – Leonard Bernstein
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The education of the future is going to be an education in sensory perception, and therefore an education in the humanities—especially in the arts—because artistic training is training in how to see, how to perceive, and how to communicate. Even students in business schools will benefit from this kind of training (my colleague Andreas Widmer teache... See more
Startup Upstarts and Unbearable Creativity & Terrible Beauty
Art saves lives
the finance bro is now in his metamorphosis, offering a few things to the American dating public that they forgot they needed: stability. Predictability. The kind of virility that doesn’t need saunas and cold plunges and dopamine fasts to regulate.
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Walking lets you read the world — and much like the slow, contemplative mental processes involved in reading a book, the pace with which one moves through the world while walking allows for a different, deliberative kind of seeing . You notice more. You think more.
"The World Reveals Itself to Those Who Walk"
Theater & Other Productive Rituals
Also of note: Walking helps move lymph throughout the body. Stay fluid, my friends.
In infants, the chief causes of outrageous behavior — impulsivity, grandiosity, attention-seeking, and a sense of entitlement — are considered normal, but in adults they’re key symptoms of the “cluster-B” personality disorders. All four such disorders — narcissistic, histrionic, antisocial and borderline — are characterized by overemotionality and ... See more
Gurwinder • The Rise of Neotoddlerism
Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding.