Watching this video from Curtis McHale yesterday emphasised how little I am using my digital garden and how little I really question what I do with the entries that I do have.
A system is only as good as the information contained within it. Or, rather, a system is only as good as the connections and threads within it.
Establish patterns, observe the Forms 1, small acts for a cumulative effect. The complex arises from a multiplicity of the simple.
In true serendipitous fashion yesterday also saw Austin Kleon write about noting down A quote a day and seeing if, over time, he can find connections or interesting juxtapositions.
I don't feed enough into my system for it to be effective, there needs to be greater crossover between there and the blog. Anything I "like" should go there as well as here, anything I read and think "yes, this", anything that inspires me or think is interesting. It should all be filed away and, where relevant, linked to other things, categorised, referenced. I occasionally throw things in Google Keep for short term retention, bookmark websites, or mark things as "read later" among my RSS feeds – that all could be useful.
D minus. Must do better!
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Forms used here in a Platonic sense: the non-physical essences of all things, of which objects and matter in the physical world are merely imitations. ↩