people and their pets. photos from steve mccurry’s archive. (top down: tibet 2001, kabul 2002, myanmar 2011, varanasi 2010, india 1998, mumbai 1996, karelia russia 2012, cambodia 1999, myanmar 2012, tibet 2001)
— Frank Smith (via linguisticsyall)
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— Frank Smith (via linguisticsyall)
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The strategy is to have a practice, and what it means to have a practice is to regularly and reliably do the work in a habitual way.
[…]
The notion that I do my work here, now, like this, even when I do not feel like it, and especially when I do not feel like it, is very important. Because lots and lots of people are creative when they feel like it, but you are only going to become a professional if you do it when you don’t feel like it. And that emotional waiver is why this is your work and not your hobby.
"— Seth Godin on the daily habits of creative practice. (via explore-blog)
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For years Lady Doyle was his constant companion, accompanying him on all his travels. It was to her the dying novelist spoke his last words.
“You are wonderful,” he said with a smile.
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The original New York Times obituary for Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born on May 22, 1859, who died of a heart attack on July 7, 1930.
Honor him with a wonderful read on how to think like Sherlock Holmes.
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