🤔 INTERESTING
Balance is a process, not a destination.
📐 DESIGN
I don’t normally make infographics, but wanted something for folks to have a reference on where to start making visual metaphors (even if they can’t draw).
3 simple approaches anyone can do with line graphs (read the full post here)
EXPONENTIAL CURVE
Gold standard to show the power of compounding effort:BELL CURVE
Named because it looks like a literal bellDAMPED OSCILLATION CURVE
Simple way to show resilience and adaptation
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🔮 ENCHANTING
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
🧠 ANALOGY
Difference between talent and genius.
Quote from the 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer
(originally found in his magnum opus, The World as Will and Representation).
🤓 WHAT I’M READING NOW
“You Might Be An Artist If” by Lauren Purje is a fun assortment of comics that tackles all the ups and downs of trying to live a creative life. Definitely my vibe. Tackling issues like procrastination, overthinking, mimetic desire, the push-pull of making a living vs making a life, and more.
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