I am so sick of an algorithm feeding me what it wants me to see on Instagram. I am so irritated with being told what to look at. I want my old Instagram back…where I choose who to follow, I see everything they post, and the only thing that fills my feed are the things I request be in there.
So, I use Instagram differently now. I no longer go into my feed. I open my profile and one-by-one I go through the list of accounts I follow and check up on their new posts myself. It’s not as streamlined, but it is very pleasant. It feels more intentional, it feels more relaxed, more thoughtful. It’s a better pace for me anyway. It prevents me from being advertised to. And it gives me back my power and choice on this platform.
#algorithm @instagram
The original duck face. #selfienotnecessary #tbt
#naveenandrews #lost #sayid #kate #kateausten #goldenglobes @goldenglobes #throwback #throwbackthursday
Why are we only applauding masculinity in women and villainizing it in men? And why are we only applauding femininity in men and debasing it in women? Why can’t we just allow for all of it? Why do we feel the need to vilify a man wearing shit-kicker boots, driving a pick-up truck who’s not afraid to punch someone in the face, but if they were a woman, they would be the epitome of cool? Why is a man who loves make-up, cries easily and stays at home to tend to the domestic responsibilities valiant, but a woman who does the same is pathetic?
I think the truly revolutionary act is as old as time: “Do not judge.” – Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, etc. Let each be who they are and let us teach grace and charity above all things.
These overarching ideas are far simpler and more effective than trying to juggle the minutia of judgement. They are ideas that protect us all from the excesses of each persons vices while still allowing the expression of their self. Grace and charity are cornerstones of a thriving society and should not be abandoned. We need them like we need democracy, justice and peace. And, without them, we can’t have democracy, justice or peace.
“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” -St. Augustine of Hippo
📸 @maryam_essa from the desert oasis of Siwa, Egypt
#masculinity #femininity #judgement #grace #charity #peace #love #unity
Happy birthday, Mama. You’re a class act, every time. I love you ❤️
@michellepfeifferofficial
Look mom! No hands!
#floating #saltwater
📸 @maryam_essa
I don’t have strong opinions, I have a strong need for balance. So, if anything is going strongly in one direction, I am very likely to advocate in the other. Extremes give me hives.
📸@maryam_essa Arriving in the Desert Oasis, Egypt.
#balance #opinions #extremism #equalizer #egypt
Listening to the The Midnight Miracle podcast has me thinking about my own arrogance. Chapelle suggests that great men will carry themselves with boastful pride because they know their worth, but will harbour inner humility because they know everyone else’s worth, also. It got me to thinking about how I carry myself more with outward humility, because that is what I am told to do (and I know I will be attacked if I don’t), and inward pride because I know I am good, and honest, and idealistic, and brave, and talented. Do I have it all backwards? Because the outward humility has kept me from my own ego, but it has also kept me from my own greatness. Or has it? I will never know, because I have been told too many times to stop openly owning my knowing and instead dress it up as uncertainty…and, too many times, I listened.
What is your impression?
Image from recent @esquire article. Link in bio.
📸 @austinhargrave
#arrogance #pride #selfassurance #humility #grace #greatness #ego #midnightmiracle @midnightmiracle @davechappelle @talibkweli @yasiinbey
Listening to the The Midnight Miracle podcast has me thinking about my own arrogance. Chapelle suggests that great men will carry themselves with boastful pride because they know their worth, but will harbour inner humility because they know everyone else’s worth, also. It got me to thinking about how I carry myself more with outward humility, because that is what I am told to do (and I know I will be attacked if I don’t), and inward pride because I know I am good, and honest, and idealistic, and brave, and talented. Do I have it all backwards? Because the outward humility has kept me from my own ego, but it has also kept me from my own greatness. Or has it? I will never know, because I have been told too many times to stop openly owning my knowing and instead dress it up as uncertainty…and, too many times, I listened.
What is your impression?
Image from recent @esquire article. Link in bio.
📸 @austinhargrave
#arrogance #pride #selfassurance #humility #grace #greatness #ego #midnightmiracle @midnightmiracle @davechappelle @talibkweli @yasiinbey
Listening to the The Midnight Miracle podcast has me thinking about my own arrogance. Chapelle suggests that great men will carry themselves with boastful pride because they know their worth, but will harbour inner humility because they know everyone else’s worth, also. It got me to thinking about how I carry myself more with outward humility, because that is what I am told to do (and I know I will be attacked if I don’t), and inward pride because I know I am good, and honest, and idealistic, and brave, and talented. Do I have it all backwards? Because the outward humility has kept me from my own ego, but it has also kept me from my own greatness. Or has it? I will never know, because I have been told too many times to stop openly owning my knowing and instead dress it up as uncertainty…and, too many times, I listened.
What is your impression?
Image from recent @esquire article. Link in bio.
📸 @austinhargrave
#arrogance #pride #selfassurance #humility #grace #greatness #ego #midnightmiracle @midnightmiracle @davechappelle @talibkweli @yasiinbey
The world is a place I no longer recognize. More and more I have the sense that I grew up in some kind of fantasy. A fantasy that I assumed was just reality. But as we have collectively relinquished our culture and lives over to corporations and technology in exchange for convenience, that reality has faded away into the recesses of my memory.
Never do I feel this more acutely than when I travel – everything and everyone is reduced to a sequence of numbers. At check in a computer asks us to input numbers to recognize us – nobody to greet you or call you by your name. At TSA we are treated like tagged cattle being herded through inspection to pasture. No smiles, kindness or respect. Within the terminals no staff seem to want to be stopped, talked to, inquired of. They look at an inquirer as if a life-sized sequence of ones and zeros just spoke to them, and then try to move on as quickly as possible. No niceties, etiquette, service. When we travel, we are nothing but a numerical element of everybody’s occupation…and a necessary inconvenience.
I used to be a flight attendant. I remember getting to know my passengers, smiling, talking, caring. I went out of my way to make them feel seen, cared for, even loved. I did the same as a hostess and waitress. My job was service. I was always thinking, “how can I make this person’s experience better?” But it was my upbringing and humanity that made me think, “I wonder what is happening in this person’s life and day”, and that inspired me to try to connect to them on some small level. There was always reward in that. When I made an effort, it would inevitably be reciprocated, even if not at first. Connection is what we all crave, and so, in a healthy society, when it’s offered almost everyone will be grateful.
(Con’t in comments…)
📸@austinhargrave (as seen in @esquire)
Of course, with maturity, the ego has to fall back. But it is like losing your worst heckler and your best hype man. It’s surprisingly hard to let go of.
#ego #maturity @gettyimages
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” -African Proverb
@farmersfootprint #earthday #fundraiser
“Being tired is part of life. Feeling it is the art if life.” -Brown
📸 by my 11-year-old son
“Being tired is part of life. Feeling it is the art if life.” -Brown
📸 by my 11-year-old son
“Being tired is part of life. Feeling it is the art if life.” -Brown
📸 by my 11-year-old son
I have never felt like my dreams are coming true more than I do right now. 💫
📸 @maryam_essa
#dreams #goals #ambitions #dreamcometrue
I have never felt like my dreams are coming true more than I do right now. 💫
📸 @maryam_essa
#dreams #goals #ambitions #dreamcometrue
#morningincairo
“O God, I ask You for whatever good this day may hold and I take refuge with You from whatever evil it may hold and from any evil I may meet within it. O God, watch over me with Your eye that never sleeps and forgive me through Your power, that I perish not; You are my hope. My Lord, Master of Majesty and Bounty, to You I direct my face, so bring Your noble face close to me and receive me with Your unalloyed forgiveness and generosity, smiling on me and content with me in Your mercy.” -The Book of Answered Prayer
#cairo #novels #breakfast #morning #morningprayer #prayer #theyacoubianbuilding #alaaalaswany @alaaalaswany
#morningincairo
“O God, I ask You for whatever good this day may hold and I take refuge with You from whatever evil it may hold and from any evil I may meet within it. O God, watch over me with Your eye that never sleeps and forgive me through Your power, that I perish not; You are my hope. My Lord, Master of Majesty and Bounty, to You I direct my face, so bring Your noble face close to me and receive me with Your unalloyed forgiveness and generosity, smiling on me and content with me in Your mercy.” -The Book of Answered Prayer
#cairo #novels #breakfast #morning #morningprayer #prayer #theyacoubianbuilding #alaaalaswany @alaaalaswany
#morningincairo
“O God, I ask You for whatever good this day may hold and I take refuge with You from whatever evil it may hold and from any evil I may meet within it. O God, watch over me with Your eye that never sleeps and forgive me through Your power, that I perish not; You are my hope. My Lord, Master of Majesty and Bounty, to You I direct my face, so bring Your noble face close to me and receive me with Your unalloyed forgiveness and generosity, smiling on me and content with me in Your mercy.” -The Book of Answered Prayer
#cairo #novels #breakfast #morning #morningprayer #prayer #theyacoubianbuilding #alaaalaswany @alaaalaswany
My night last night. ✨
1. Starry tree
2. Stars on a tidal pool
3. Knees in the fire
Laying out under the stars for hours on end, doing nothing but tending a fire, slipping in and out of cuddling, and eating, and talking, and dozing…
Right before we left, I took these photos to remember the night.
#perfectnight #perfectdate #stars #nature #beach #campfire #silence #stillness #peace #starrynight
Happy Easter 🐣 everybody! I love this holiday. We always throw a big bash at our place with an outdoor egg hunt, games, loads of delicious food and, of course, my homemade sangria. It is a tradition that I cherish and memories we will never forget.
Video: prepping eggs for the hunt! 🐇
Busy working on @thesquickerwonkers today. Just got off a video call with @rodrigo_bastos_didier going through progress on The Demise of Andy the Arrogant! It’s so exciting!!! 🤗🤗.
#ilovemylife #thejoyofcreation #books #illustration #progress #kidsbooks #bookseries #thesquickerwonkers
I opened these little boxes during a dramatic thunderstorm in Sao Paolo, Brazil, where I was attending @ccxpoficial with #antmanandthewaspquantumania. I am so happy to finally be sharing them with you.
Created by @rodrigo_bastos_didier (illustrator of @thesquickerwonkers) and @tincofactory these spectacular little 3D collectibles are special from box to boot. Each one has gone on a little journey to get to you and I’m sure you will enjoy collecting them all. Only 500 of each metal miniature were manufactured, and they are selling fast. Get yours now before they create the next set and these ones are gone!
🎶 September Song by @agnesobel
#collectibles #unboxing #tinco #toyart #saupaulo #brazil
