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Quote for the Day
”When I was 5 years old, my mom told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life.”
~ John Lennon
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CommentCloud 9 Looks SO Tiny from Up Here
We skip from cloud to cloud,
and occasionally we end up at nine,
but the golfers among us don’t get it,
and we laugh.
Cloud 66 looks good from where I stand,
and if you can find a cloud better than that,
then the drinks are on you
when you invite us to join you there.
With every credit due to my dear friend A.E.
Quote of the Day
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly.
~ Paul Coelho
No Truer Words
This happened to be the illustration for an article about Matthew Carter (whose newly released font Carter Sans is used here). Being the font geek that I am, you would have thought I’d be more excited by the fact that Carter is the first typeface designer to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship and that the recent introduction of Carter Sans was afforded fanfare akin to a celebrity-worthy film launch.
But no. I just liked this quote by Seymour Chwast.
In the wise words of a dear friend (I hear her voice referring to the shovel), “Girl, just put it down.”
Thought for the Day
I love this:
You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.
~ Robin Williams
Four Roads
From Seth Godin’s blog:
You might be stuck because you pick the wrong fork on a looping road. You keep getting better at the route you cover, but it doesn’t go anywhere, you just keep doing it over and over. Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
You might be impatient or unable to stick to your decision to take this particular road, and thus you’re always starting on a new road. Since the new road is always strange to you, you rarely get any better at getting where you’re going.
You might be on the wrong road. Sure, you get better at navigating your way, you can walk faster, you feel more comfortable–but this road is never going to lead much of anywhere.
And, if you’re lucky, you might be on the right road, and getting better as you go.
I’m finding Seth Godin to be particularly philosophical, insightful and inspiring lately. Which road are you on?
Thought for the Day
The problem with putting it all on the line…
is that it might not work out.
The problem with not putting it all on the line is that it will never (ever) change things for the better.
Not much of a choice, I think. No risk, no art. No art, no reward.
My name is Angela Eloise and I am a freelance writer. I recently moved to Seattle because I wanted a better home base to support my creative goals. And my shaman told me to. Cloud of Chaos was born from my desire to dance with the absurdity of life, to create a space where I could write and share all of the gorgeous, fun, snarky deliciousness I find spinning around me every day. What does a spinning cloud of chaos have to do with writing? Everything, as it turns out.
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