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Putting Contempt To Good Use

“A line (of poetry) will take us hours maybe;
Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought,
Our stitching and unstitching has been naught.”
– William Butler Yeats,
Adam’s Curse

Posted byIzzat Zailan4 Oct 20184 Oct 2018Posted inArt, LifeLeave a comment on Putting Contempt To Good Use

Take The High Road

“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” – Marcus Aurelius

Posted byIzzat Zailan17 Sep 201817 Sep 2018Posted inLifeLeave a comment on Take The High Road

What I Learned From One Year of Writing Articles

“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” – Ernest Hemingway

Posted byIzzat Zailan10 Sep 201810 Sep 2018Posted inArt2 Comments on What I Learned From One Year of Writing Articles

How We Lost Our Appreciation For Poetry

“Life is tons of discipline. Your first discipline is your vocabulary; then your grammar and your punctuation.” – Robert Frost

Posted byIzzat Zailan2 Sep 2018Posted inArtLeave a comment on How We Lost Our Appreciation For Poetry

I Didn’t Write These Articles

I guess I’m just not the kind of person who likes to dwell much on past events. Once something has passed, then it’s no longer on my radar. Frankly, it’s not because I could simply forget them. It’s not like that. I could conjure up the sights and the smells, the sounds, how people talked,Continue reading “I Didn’t Write These Articles”

Posted byIzzat Zailan31 Aug 2018Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on I Didn’t Write These Articles

The Fingertip Feel

“The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.” – Al Pacino

Posted byIzzat Zailan26 Aug 201826 Aug 2018Posted inArtLeave a comment on The Fingertip Feel

Mortality

“Even if you are perfect, the world isn’t. You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.” – Paul Kalanithi

Posted byIzzat Zailan10 Aug 201810 Aug 2018Posted inLifeLeave a comment on Mortality

On Principles

“Pain + Reflection = Progress” -Ray Dalio

Posted byIzzat Zailan22 Jul 201822 Jul 2018Posted inLifeLeave a comment on On Principles

Tales Of Mastery : The Rise and Fall of Bob Dylan

“Back then when something was wrong the radio could lay hands on you and you’d be all right.” – Bob Dylan

Posted byIzzat Zailan13 Jul 201815 Jul 2018Posted inArt, Mastery8 Comments on Tales Of Mastery : The Rise and Fall of Bob Dylan

A No-B.S Tip To Help You Get More Work Done

“The ability to concentrate is a skill that gets valuable things done.” – Cal Newport

Posted byIzzat Zailan30 Jun 201830 Jun 2018Posted inLifeLeave a comment on A No-B.S Tip To Help You Get More Work Done

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