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“Construction and destruction alike satisfy the will to power, but construction is more difficult as a rule, and therefore gives more satisfaction to the person who can achieve it."
Bertrand Russell
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The Bees and the symphony of life
Against every choice of destruction, there is always the choice of creation.
This is the message of Poet Audre Lorde, as she draws on bees to describe the alternative to destruction. Her poem describes young boys throwing stones at swarming bees. A boy gets stung by a bee, and consequently, school guards destroy the hive. Afterward, a girl observed that the bees were not making trouble. Instead of destroying the hive, the children could've studied honey-making instead.
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- His 1990 Commencement Address at Kenyon College, from where he himself graduated, is a case-study of his guiding philosophy of life: The pinnacle of creativity is playfulness.
A Motivation To Work
The amount of effort we are able to put when we are completely in charge and are not working for someone else is astonishing.
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- Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing.
- Write the way you talk. Naturally.
- Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.
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