The Mountain Goats Make Music For People Who Spent Their Entire Lives Convinced They Would Die Before

“Today, there are too many grifters and too few craftsmen. There are content creators, pop stars, and viral stunt artists, but very few produce truly timeless pieces of work that are labors of love and intended to outlive the creator. Modern artists take shortcuts; few embrace the difficulty of skill. Few are willing to invest their time and genuine interest in something that demands discipline. Few seem to have the patience and discipline required to produce good work that matters. One can argue that technology isn’t all harmful for art, as Michelangelo likely used a chisel when carving the David; but, there is an obvious point in which the convenience of technology starts hurting the sacredness of creation and replacing the beauty in art with nothing but hollow sensation. Technology starts becoming harmful when it is no longer facilitating the intrinsic purpose of art as a tool but utilizing art as a means to an end—whether that be for clout or profit.”

— Did technology kill the craftsman?

“A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living.”

— Virginia Woolf

~~ Arseny Tarkovsky, "I dreamed this dream and this I still dream of it"

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Aleksei Navalny Dies: Outspoken Figure’s Death Deprives Russia of Leading Opposition Voice

Aleksei A. Navalny died in prison, the Russian authorities said. The anticorruption campaigner rose to become the most prominent critic of P

I don't usually like to post about current events/news still in the making, and Navalny's team says they are not yet convinced he really is dead, but I am not one to truly believe in miracles and I worry these news will end up not getting seen by as many people as they should be.

So.

Navalny is apparently dead, and with him one of the last big opposition politicians is gone. This is one of the biggest blows to the Russian opposition in years. Please keep an eye on the news. Don't let Navalny's work be in vain.

“Don’t you think I have the right to hate the world? Don’t you think I have the right to hate you, who forgot about me to live your peaceful, boring life? Don’t you think it would be understandable if I tried to make you experience the same sort of suffering?”