Consider: Always Be Around

A list of 10 timeless “rules" to live, work, abide by...

Part 1: A snippet from the archives

A list of “rules” to begin the week.

Often misattributed to John Cage, the below was actually written by Sister Mary Corita Kent in the 1960s as a list of guiding principles for her students:

As much as Kent’s approach has become widely circulated—or maybe just as Kent, like so many women, often becomes a placeholder for aesthetic projection (a la Georgia O’Keeffe or Joan Didion)—I can’t help but respect and connect with where she was coming from:

No distinction between the high and the low. Nothing too serious. Everything is source material.

Sister Mary Corita Kent in 1966, via the Corita Art Center, Los Angeles.

My favorite line item in said list comes from the “helpful hints” footnote:

Always Be Around. 

One of the biggest lessons I’ve metabolized as an adult is the value in showing up. I believe this across everything. Consistency, rigor, reliability, effort. Truly, it’s about the slow burn.

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Part 2: Moon Memo: Increase / Decrease

Sharing a few favorites from last week’s call for responses to a monthly prompt. Uh….you all are smart. And thank you for all the many many contributions.

These are my 5 favorites though they are all so good: