78. Little Deaths/Delights

Ballet, Computer Science, and Journaling

hello hello good people of Hot Literati

I hope you've all had a wonderful weekend. I've been so busy with work and other things, but a recent highlight is that I went to the ballet. I hadn't been in about four years and as I've written about a lot, I did ballet very seriously for fifteen years. My school practiced the Cecchetti method, which I'd love to learn more about the history of now, but as a kid, I remember being so jealous of the Vagonova and Balanchine girls because they got to bend their elbows more.

New York City Ballet performed Serenade, The Prodigal Son, and Paquita. I wore a plunge Armani dress that I've worn many times and taken very few photos of. It was beautiful, Serenade was my favorite, but perhaps because I've seen it the most, both in New York and back in Kansas. If you're under 30, you're elligible to get discounted tickets to the ballet and other sorts of performances, I think.

Lately, I've also been just reading a ton, writing a ton, and learning a lot. I studied a bit of the basics of Computer Science, more of the theory behind the field, and I have to say it's changed a lot of the ways I think about technology. I'm struck with the question of what we can automate versus what she should automate.

For example, you can't automate emotional processing or thinking. You have to do that stuff in your own head, which is why I love journaling. I write so much, journals and journals and journals just to get my thoughts out. If you are looking to write more and want a little structure and some exercises, I highly recommend the Hot Literati Handbook.

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Little Deaths

• So cold - I hope you all are staying warm and bundling up

• Sniffles! - It's that time. Have more vitamin C

• Homesick - Gosh, I love Kansas

Little Delights

• Candles - Time to stay in, light one, and read before bed

• Reading - I'm already on my fifth book of the year and i'm so happy about it

• Cello - I listen to a lot of classical and lately i've really loved the sound of the cello

From the Hot Literati Universe

• New Podcast Episode! - check it out

• The Allure of Decadence by Tiwa Shonekan - a really compelling read

• The Work of Life by Val Henderson - a great, right and left brain approach to a new year

ok bye!

xx

hailo