The feeling that your tone is free, borne on its own wings of energy, is one of the greatest delights of life—because you are its creator.
~Giovanni Battista Lamperti, from Vocal Wisdom, as transcribed by William Earl Brown
Forget Mars, Take Me to Venus
I love to dream. Maybe that’s because potential is everywhere. The possibilities seem endless, although how one can conceivably see everything during the course of one lifetime still eludes me. So I have to visit things with heart and soul, rather than with body. What does that mean?
Well, take this article on the feasibility of colonizing Venus rather than Mars. I LOVE this stuff. The basic gist of the essay is that it may make more sense to colonize Venus, rather than Mars. This could be accomplished by, get this, building a floating city. Star Wars style.
The surface of Venus is an uninhabitable mix of corrosive chemicals and annihilating pressure. Fifty kilometers above, however, the atmosphere provides protection from solar radiation, milder temperatures, and the pressure is nearly equivalent to Earth’s, unlike on Mars. Dense levels of carbon dioxide in the upper reaches of Venus’ toxic atmosphere would keep an air-filled blimp city afloat. Several sections of the colony could be dedicated arboretums, atmospheric and human byproduct carbon dioxide consumed by the trees while they pump fresh oxygen out. A city of trees in the clouds.Continue Reading
Determination
Google “how to be determined” or “how to stay motivated” or “achieve your dreams” and you’ll find millions of self-help pages dedicated to teaching you ways to do it all. Ways to be happy, ways to not stress, ways to finally achieve that goal that’s always been so elusive. And the advice can be helpful—even when you’ve heard the same thing a million different ways—sometimes it just takes one more variation on a theme for a concept to really click.
I’m determined. Determined to find what it is that I want to do with my life. Definitely a first-world problem, one I’m grateful to have. Guess how long this search has been ongoing? Over a decade. Any closer to figuring it out? MMMMMMM, a little. And boy does that rankle. Like the majority of the American population, I’ve spent years searching for my own personal contentment formula, a magic concoction of mind-set and confidence, designed to parse what it is exactly that I’m here for. The process is exhilarating and more often extremely frustrating. But maybe taking a break from the pursuit of happiness is a healthier choice. How so?
Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs host, recently advised his fans NOT to follow their passion. It seems like such a scrooge-like attitude to hold, especially for a person who has found success doing something he enjoys. Additionally, where might the world be without those daring enough to surge past the limits set before them? People such as Steve Jobs, Malala Yousafzai, Elon Musk, Aayan Hirsi Ali, Edward Snowden, and many others? Well, Mike elaborated in a way more sincere and honest than many tired motivational tropes that surf the societal trends. His entire rejoinder is well worth the read (it’s in the photo description), but I’ll endeavor to summarize here: Yes, be passionate—yes, work hard—but be honest with yourself and your loved ones. Continue Reading
Sh*ts and Giggles
It’s mightily enjoyable to title a post so literally. I don’t usually promote advertisements for products, but what to doo? These videos tickle my, shall we say, throne-related sense of humor.
For ladies:
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Do you think I know what I’m doing? That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself? As much as a pen knows what it’s writing, or the ball can guess where it’s going next.
~ Rumi
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