Mindful Matter
Shokunin kishitsu.
I first learned the words “shokunin kishitsu” in the film Jiro Dreams of Sushi — a visually stunning film that is as much about finding and living a life’s purpose as it is about sushi. The Japanese phrase roughly translates to “the craftsman’s spirit.” It is about pouring not just your hands and your heart into a project, but also
Learn moreRemy.
One of my favorite learnings from the last decade came from Remy, a revolutionary thinker who broke boundaries and challenged stereotypes. I am referring, of course, to Remy the rat from the Pixar animated film Ratatouille. Ok, so maybe not as scholarly a source as, say, Heraclitus, the pre-Socratic philosopher we mentioned a few weeks ago. But this little fella left an impression on me as much as anything I have read or seen in the last five years. From him, I heard
Learn moreThe more I see, the less I know.
The more we experience, the more we start to understand the world around us — but more importantly, the more we realize what is yet to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and understood. In other words, as John Lennon said (and the Red Hot Chili Peppers famously sang): “The more I see, the less I know” — a line that inspired this design. The better someone understands physics, the more they understand how much is yet to
Learn moreLove is all we need.
"So long as we have compassion for others and conduct ourselves with restraint out of a sense of responsibility, there is no doubt we will be happy." What if it really is that simple? Dalai Lama XIV famously shared a vision of how love and compassion can lead to happiness: “We can reject everything else: religion, ideology, all received wisdom. But we cannot escape the
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Five Things We Learned About Resilience This Month
Jennifer Lioy, Creative and Communications Lead at Holstee
Learn moreDrum lessons.
A couple years ago, I decided I wanted to learn an instrument. I was between guitar (mostly for its accessibility and size) and drums (what I was most interested in — except that I was worried about the noise and storage). Then, through a series of random events, I found myself gifted a five-piece drum set. Then, a former punk rock drummer walked into our Brooklyn office
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In The Studio With Wendy MacNaughton and Courtney E. Martin
Jennifer Lioy, Creative and Communications Lead, Holstee
Learn moreNamaste.
I just want to pause and take a moment for this word. Namaste. Chances are you have heard the word at yoga, in talks, through meditations. I feel like I hear it all the time — so much so that I forget to think about what it really means. A yoga teacher explained it to me as:
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