"The Japanese describe the genre as “a running brush” as it does not lie so much in the subjects it deals with but rather in the movement of the wind. The style consists of personal interconnected essays or fragmented ideas that respond to the author’s surroundings; however, these “essays” jump from one to the other … Continue reading Zuihitsu: What Is It?
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Zuihitsu: 2021-09
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. What is the underlying issue of the dispute?The Internet is a machine for wrecking consensus and trust.—Marginal RevolutionTo correct a mistake, acknowledge a mistake has been made and state any new information necessary. Don't repeat whatever needed correcting. The world rewards you for … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-09
Zuihitsu: 2021-08
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. Calm people live, panicked people die.Emotions are the barometer of mental health.Belief is a way to remove the irritation of doubt.The Internet amplifies variance.We’ve lost and need to go back to the drawing board and start over is one of the hardest … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-08
Zuihitsu: 2021-07
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. The interior of our skulls contains a portal to infinity.—Grant MorrisonPersonal density is proportional to temporal bandwidth.—Thomas PynchonThose who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.—Salvador DaliRelationships come with no guarantees.The tears we cry moisturize the skin of life.Take the broken … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-07
Zuihitsu: 2021-06
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. 1. "I’m not saying we’ll live to see some sort of paradise. But just fighting for change makes you stronger. Not hoping for anything will kill you for sure." —Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues2. Figure out what game you're playing, then play … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-06
Zuihitsu: 2021-05
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. Small talk is the tax that God extracted for the privilege of human speech.It is a different skill to communicate an idea than to understand it.If someone says there was too much, then something about it was unappealing.Why not? is a terrible … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-05
Zuihitsu: 2021-04
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. Social media turns life into episodes.When money exchanges hands, something is being bought.Constraints liberate, liberties constrain. —Runar BjarnsonSoftware is eating the world.Never forget that society can go balls-up at any moment.Pleasures deferred can be pleasures foregone."A compromise is an agreement between two … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-04
Zuihitsu: 2021-03
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. You can’t be what you can’t imagine, and imagination is often limited by our sight, or vision.He who cannot howl will not find his pack.—Charles SimicMost deliberate misinformation from authorities—especially in places that are mid-range in terms of institutional trust and strict … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-03
Fun With Fortune in Linux
Fortune provides a random quote or aphorism every time you open a terminal in Linux. I wanted to have a personalized fortune using zuihitsu quotes posted on this site come up whenever I opened a terminal. If you want to do something similar, here's the procedure. To check if you have it installed, simply type … Continue reading Fun With Fortune in Linux
Zuihitsu: 2021-02
Collecting these little ideas has become a major focus. Here's this month's installment. Art allows us to see through the eyes of others.If you can't be X all day, try being X for the next second, minute or hour.Understanding and believing are not the same thing.—Gertrude SteinFailure will never stand in the way of success … Continue reading Zuihitsu: 2021-02
