April 2011
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“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music.”
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Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself to others you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself, especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of of the years gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture the strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be; and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all its shame, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Strive to be happy.
” —Max Ehrmann (via glassnightingale)
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There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income.
I think the same thing is true of our idea incomes. You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.
” —Austin Kleon (via themadeshop)Son Lux on First Listen!
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Don’t everybody look at once but We Are Rising, Son Lux’s spontaneous sophomore effort, is available for streaming on NPR’s First Listen Feature.
It is a lush arrangement of chamber music and eclectic electronic disturbance featuring the likes of Shara Worden, DM Stith, yMusic, Katie Chastain, and so many awesome friends!
We Are Rising drops April 26th.
“Creativity is not something you can run out of. The more you do it, the more ideas there are. you don’t exhaust your great ideas — ever.”
—Zachary Johnson in this month’s 303 Magazine (via nathanjohnson)
Rising
Son Lux
“Rising,” from We Are Rising, out 4/26/11.
Might have to click on the link to get to the track. It’s well worth it!
