Tagged: Pondering

Note / 📖 Pixar storytelling

The two kinds of villains - evil vs troublesome

Pixar films often feature two main antagonists - one benevolent and one malicious - Buzz/Sid, Princess/Hopper. Ratatouille has three main antagonists: one evil (Skinner), one benevolent (Linguini) and a third, Anton Ego. Ego isn't malicious the way Skinner and Muntz are, but I wouldn't call him benevolent either. He is …

Note / 📖 Maybe you should talk to someone by Lori Gottlieb

Misery: the battle between integrity and despair

Pain can be protective - staying in a depressed place can be a form of avoidance. Her inner critic serves her. "I don't have to take any action because I'm worthless". And there's another benefit to her - she may feel that she stays alive in her kids' minds if …

Note / 💡 Me

Rock bottoms

My Github profile in the year of a major life transformation. We come to know about denial only post-facto.

Note / 📖 Maybe you should talk to someone (Lori Gottlieb)

The phone for loneliness

The second people felt alone, I noticed, usually in this space between things - leaving a therapy session, at a red light,standing in a checkout line, riding the elevator - they picked up devices and ran away from that feeling. In a state of perpetual distraction, they seemed to be …

Note / 📖 Maybe you should talk to someone (Lori Gottlieb)

Apologising for crying

Almost every woman I see apologises for her feelings, especially her tears. I remember apologising in Wendell's office too. Perhaps men apologise pre-emptively, by holding their tears back.

Note / 📖 Visual thinking (Willemien Brand)

To copy is to memorize.

Drawing doesn't have to be hard. Always try to break down your visuals to basic shapes and then put them back together. Take inspiration from these pages and feel free to copy. By copying, you store the image in your visual memory.Â