Your life matters (even if you’re not famous)

Brett Davies - Life

Your life matters (even if you’re not famous) – Darius Foroux:

Here’s what most people get wrong. We think impact only counts when it’s big and public.
But that’s not how impact works.
Think about the people who shaped you most. A parent, teacher, or friend who said the right thing at the right time.
None of them were famous. None of them had an audience. They mattered because they were close to you, not because they were known to everyone.
That’s the rule. Impact moves through proximity, not popularity.

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Choisir un photographe

Melusina Parkin - Art & Music 4

J’avais recommandé à quelques amis choisir une photographe.

À un certain moment, j’ai dit : „Vous devez choisir un photographe par son portefeuille, et certainement pas par des recommandations. En ce regard, je connais un photographe.”.

J’ai reçu cette réponse : „Ah, c’est très intéressant. Quel est le nom du photographe ?”.

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The case for memes as a new form of comics

„It’s undeniable that the rise of the Internet had a profound impact on cartooning as a profession, giving cartoonists both new tools and a new publishing and/or distribution medium. Online culture also spawned the emergence of viral memes in the late 1990s. Michelle Ann Abate, an education professor at The Ohio State University, argues in a paper published in INKS: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, that memes—specifically, image macros—represent a new type of digital comic, right down to the cognitive and creative ways in which they operate.”

The case for memes as a new form of comics – Ars Technica

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