“So we do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor policemen, nor doctors. WE STRIVE TO BE OURSELVES” – Hunter S. Thompson. This week’s link list touches on various facets of identity – from a guide to erasing ourselves off the internet to a touching story of how a man’s life is being saved one road trip with his terminally ill dog at a time.
- A truly extraordinary letter from Hunter S. Thompson to a friend seeking advice on finding a purpose in life. Thompson was only 22 when he penned these poignant words.
- When Rob Kugler found out that his beloved Bella, a chocolate Labrador, had terminal bone cancer, he decided to set out on a cross-country US road trip to ensure that the last months of her life would be absolutely magical. In the process, he’s also had the opportunity to deal with his own life-threatening conditions – depression and suicidal tendencies.
- Remember when you were little and dreamed of being able to make yourself invisible? Well, the modern, adult version of this is erasing every trace of yourself off the internet. Just FYI… it might take a while.
- It’s funny how the tiniest snippets of other people’s lives are often the most fascinating – discarded shopping lists, lost love letters, notes on the first pages of old books. Check out FOUND Magazine for an enthralling collection of just such oddments and be sure to listen to the brand new podcast (the one about Asian Oprah is all sorts of gold)!
- Photographer Thom Pierce recently captured a sublime series of images of the ‘Horsemen of Semonkong’ while walking well-worn footpaths between villages in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho.
- In this blog post titled ‘Just don’t lose the magic’, Austin Kleon investigates the way in which trying to conform our work to a certain standard puts us at risk of discarding the very thing that made it special and unique in the first place.
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