⟡ This is your weekly Bloomscroll - Edition 142
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Here's what's on our minds.
💭 The work of architect Alberto Kalach
"Although it is a luxury hotel, the luxury is in the location, in the breeze, in the views, in the mountains, in the ocean views, in the beauty of the vegetation, in the beauty of the fauna. Luxury is not in excessively huge rooms or imported Italian marble. Luxury is in the proportions of space and the views.” - Alberto Kalach on a building he designed in Oaxaca, Mexico
💭 Our slowly healing minds
People aren’t reading anymore. We’re offloading simple mental tasks to ChatGPT. We’ve streamlined our apps and started automating our lives out of existence. I’m kind of spooked because I see it happening slowly to myself.
So I’m trying (and not always succeeding) to take these little steps to push myself the other direction.
💭 This quote from Alvar Aalto
💭 That things we long for
💭 The beauty of expecting nothing
The fastest path to disappointment is to have expectations, which sounds like some Buddhist wisdom but is really just math.
The more you expect, the more chances you have to be let down.
Every expectation is like a hidden demand you make of other people, yourself or random circumstances. Like a contract nobody signed, but you’re holding everyone accountable to it anyway.
And when reality doesn’t align with those invisible requirements, you feel disappointed, betrayed even, like the universe has something personal against you. A sure way to misery.
This doesn’t mean you become a pessimist or a cynical person, although it can be a hard line to walk sometimes.
It means trying to meet each moment as it comes and dealing with it right there and then, without the story you’ve already written about how it’s supposed to go. Work toward things, have hope and goals, but don’t grip so tightly.
Between expecting nothing and appreciating everything, life becomes strangely generous.
Until next week, take care of your mind.
