Once you start painting a personality rather than bricks, stone, and windows, your sketches take on new life. Each line, each brushstroke becomes imbued with the personality you are portraying.

This idea can be applied to anything you sketch. Mountains famously look like sleeping giants, and trees have multiple personalities. The idea is to sketch these personalities, and to see everything around you as a personification with unique characteristics.

Draw some simple squiggles on a page. These may seem meaningless on their own. But, like individual notes on a page, when they’re in tune with each other, they describe a symphony.

Allow yourself the freedom to suggest details, rather than dogmatically explain everything. Your sketch is a conversation, not a lecture.

Everything you sketch tells a story: a story of a time and place, a memory, a dream, a mood. Sketches are an energy transfer. What you feel at the time of creation is translated directly onto the paper. It can be a mysterious process, but shining a light on this mystery gives clarity without diminishing its power.

When I’m walking around my favorite neighborhoods looking for something to sketch, I imagine what a particular view would look like on a movie screen. I’m always looking for the most dynamic angle, the unexpected perspective, the unique vantage point from which to sketch. It’s not enough to paint a pretty building. We’re telling a story, and our choice of viewpoint says just as much as the subject itself. A viewer should lean in, wanting to know the story.

今天这场掘金 VS 森林狼的关键卡位战真是太好看了，森林狼有两次绝杀的机会都错失了，一度以为他们会因此受到惩罚。结果打到关键时刻，在命悬一线之际，还是「激情满满」的威少站了出来：上空篮不进，回来一个压哨三分犯规，杀死了约基奇的 60+ 三双。愚蠢程度不亚于 7 年前的 JR Smith，此刻的约基奇才能真正体会到当时詹姆斯的痛苦吧。但威少是不会痛苦和难受的，毕竟他永远是那个 "Just have fun" 的大男孩。

三亚确实是个度假的好地方，就是吃的比较有限（糟粕醋、后安粉，清补凉都还不错，其他貌似就没啥特色了），最后一天点起了麦当劳···

朋友送的大卫霍克尼的画册时隔两年终于在飞机上看完了…

湖人和公牛今天的这场球，多年后怕是仍会被人津津乐道

前几天在沙滩边溜达，突发奇想，把手机探入水中，想拍拍水下的砂石在海浪下的表现，当时只是觉得效果不太好，就没太多尝试。到酒店后给手机充电，提示有水不让充，就意识到问题有点严重，在尝试各种方法都无效，且等了两天后问题依旧，就死心了，在网上约了苹果天才吧。到了第四天，又试了下用 type-c给它充电，结果可以了！这种失而复得的感觉真是太棒了！

昨晚做了一个梦，在梦中我的胸口处身中数枪，但没有醒来（kick），而是跟向我开枪的人要了个手机给我妈打了个电话…

I'll sell all my Apple stock after seeing this billboard AD.

好的产品是它迁就你，差的产品是你适应它。

欣赏一件作品的最佳（也是最难）方式是复刻它。

中午不知道去哪了吃，就附近挑了一家重庆小面（之前吃过一次，还不错），有一对带娃来杭州玩的上海小夫妻，被这家面的浇头惊到了，想问能不能快递，还特意跟服务员要了微信，结果是没有。服务员表达了欣慰之情，也表示会跟老板沟通这件事。

While Elon Musk is highly controversial, I blame him for turning Twitter into X, but I also appreciate him for creating Grok.

The desire not to let someone down can be a powerful motivator, driving you to think more actively and behave more rationally. This could be anyone from loved ones and admired figures to a beloved pet or even fictional characters you deeply care about. The crucial element is genuinely and deeply caring about not letting them down.

樱花仿佛一夜之间就开了，春日暖阳的映衬下，心情也舒畅了许多。

如果你所期待的生活，并不如你所期待的那般美好，却又导致你无法扎根于当下， 你将会活在一种悬置的状态：既无法抵达理想，也无法享受现实。

神剧列表 +1: Severance

看的是简体版，但实在无法忍受被潦草对待的封面及书名，就换成了繁体版。

看了大概 1/4，决定不看下去了。村上还是那个村上，但我已不再是当年的那个懵懂少年了。

村上对青春男女的情愫描写依然温柔又细致，不经意间就能拨动那许久未弹的心弦（很难想象是一个年过七旬的老人写的）。但整个故事风格还是太村上了：青春男女、互生情愫、爱欲挑动、女生笼罩着一层神秘、有一个架空的设定、结合了一些若有若无的哲学命题、情节推进缓慢而且一半靠设定（尤其是当你不 buy 的时候，就更难抓住你了）。故事的发展可能会越来越精彩，但我还是想把时间留给更值得的作品。但也不遗憾这几个小时，毕竟村上的文字有其独特的魅力。

价值投资很重要的一点是：先保证不亏，再去想如何挣更多。用到人身上也一样，先保证没白来，再去想如何活得精彩。

据说萨金特在画「康乃馨、百合、百合、玫瑰」时，为了确切地还原出黄昏时的光线，会在暮色最完美的两三分钟内作画，画了两年。

路上正好碰到夕阳的余晖，赶紧拿出手机记录下了这一刻。有一个骑共享单车的女生还特地把车停在一边，走到隔离带上按下了快门。

「同理心」好像很难通过后天练习来习得。