Quote of the Day
It takes an idiot to do cool things. That’s why it’s cool.
FLCL
Solar-lunking?
I spent yesterday coming through Our Changing Climate’s Why This Gives Me Hope for the Future (ft. @Saint Andrewism) video. Here are all the references to nifty SolarPunk things I found in it.
Solarpunk artists & writers
The ‘Vegetal’ Cities of Luc Schuiten: A Sustainability Fantasy
Dear Alice – do we love it for awesome people involved, lovely animation and aesthetics, and great solarpunk portrayal, or do we hate it because it’s capitalism trying to appropriate the movement?
Solarpunk tech – the excitement of the 1950s except for everyone and sustainable
Related & nifty
The Obscure Cities: An Introduction
I was a little worried here that I’m not starting with the more “foundational” solarpunk texts, but I figure, I’ll get around to them. The delight in just picking a point and starting is discovery and rabbit holes. I hope this way will give me ideas as I browse the genre.
Why Must We Turn Everything Into A Neurosis
A friend sent me this link, and it definitely lands for me. I have gotten heaps and piles of things done over the last few years, but there hasn’t been a concrete manifestation, so it doesn’t feel like accomplishment. It also underscores again how I need to write some shorts so I don’t drive myself mad with un-manifestation.
On the Source of Our Drive to Get Things Done
Contrary to the critical assumption that the drive to produce is primarily culturally mediated, these results hint at something that many feel intuitively: there’s something deeply human, and therefore deeply satisfying, about succeeding in making one’s intentions manifest concretely in the world.
Cal Newport