Reads tagged with “commencement”
What It Really Takes to Be an Artist: MacArthur Genius Teresita Fernández’s Magnificent Commencement Address
“Being an artist is not just about what happens when you are in the studio. The way you live, the people you choose to love and the way you love them, the way you vote, the words that come out of your mouth… will also become the raw material for the art you make.”
Why the Best Roadmap to an Interesting Life is the One You Make Up as You Go Along: Daniel Pink’s Commencement Address
“Sometimes, the only way to discover who you are or what life you should lead is to do less PLANNING and more LIVING — to burst the double bubble of comfort and convention and just DO stuff.”
Adrienne Rich on Why an Education Is Something You Claim, Not Something You Get
“Responsibility to yourself means that you don’t fall for shallow and easy solutions.”
Physician Allison Ballantine’s Short, Stirring Commencement Address on Living with Presence
How the hamster wheel of achievement and approval can cheat us.
Shonda Rhimes on Dreaming vs. Doing, the Tradeoffs of Success, and the Blinders of Entitlement
“You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day — so start writing.”
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