ONE-MAN CIRCUS L’Homme Cirque by David Dimitri (video by Olivier Marchon, Paris) – YouTube
This is what (and who) we’re putting up the circus tent for. If you are in the Twin Cities, come and see it.
Helping to erect a circus tent. How’s your morning?
Our dog Brutus at Woofstock (a local dog festival).
Has anyone been paying attention to how Seth Godin has been using Instagram? Little mini-Books, pocast episodes, and blog style riffs on his common themes. It’s a brilliant approach that stretches the boundaries of the platform.
Truths.
Right Speech, Right Thought, and a Loathsome Poet – James Book Blog
Some interesting thoughts on whether one can separate the artist from the art.
Very excited for my friend Mike Rohde who launched the Kickstarter for his (excellent) Sketchnote Ideabook today. If you do any sketching or drawing at all or just need a really great notebook with thick luscious pages, you’re going to want in on this.
swissmiss | How To Write by Elizabeth Gilbert
Some really good suggestions here.
Notes on mentors…
- I choose my mentors.
- Mentors don’t find you 1. You find them.
- Mentors don’t have to know they are your mentors. You don’t have to let them know, either. Just let them mentor.
- Sometimes, mentors come in the form of friends.
- Many of my mentors likely didn’t/don’t know they we’re/are my mentors.
- Some of those mentors looked to me as a mentor to them. They think it is only a one way thing.
- Some of my mentors I’ve never met in person, only through written communications.
- Some have been life long, others short term.
- I have mentors for different activities: Spiritual mentors or writing mentors, for example.
- You will not find mentors unless you are ready to do the work.
I may have more on this subject as thoughts arise.
- Note for White folks: Despite what Hollywood has made you believe, Morgan Freeman is not going to magically appear to show you the ways of the world or a better golf swing. This is fiction. A lie sold to you by your own screenwriters. This “Magic Black Man” does not exist. Even if he did, you’d still have to find him, not the other way around. ↩
I’m actually staring to treat Daily Thread as an actual “mens style blog” with links of interest. Coming soon will be full posts — mainly reviews and thoughts about middle-aged mens style. Follow along if that’s your thing.