I’m Brian E. Young, fyi.
Explore these public notes in a digital scrapbook of recommended podcast episodes, videos to explore, quotes from article & book suggestions. I also share original notes about values and navigating the world.
Find my long-form writing focused on creative productivity at Uncanny Creativity from my experiences as a graphic designer. IRL, you’ll find me in Baltimore performing improv comedy and musical improv comedy team Bad Karaoke Experience.
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“Vulnerability isn’t sharing everything and losing your boundary. It’s about being aware of fear.” Alexis Santos
Read more: “Vulnerability isn’t sharing everything and losing your boundary. It’s about being aware of fear.” Alexis SantosNotes from the podcast episode: Being Honest with Yourself is Hard. Here’s How to Do It. – Bonus Meditation with Alexis Santos of Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris
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“It was not afraid because it couldn’t hold a story that the lion was gonna come after it again.” Martha Beck with Byron Katie
Read more: “It was not afraid because it couldn’t hold a story that the lion was gonna come after it again.” Martha Beck with Byron Katie“Once I watched a wildebeest getting chased by a lion, and it was terrified, and then the lion got tired and gave up. And the wildebeest stopped dead in its tracks and started munching grass, with the lion still right there. “It was not afraid because it couldn’t hold a story that the lion was […]
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How to Fight Empathy Burnout | The Science of Empathy
Read more: How to Fight Empathy Burnout | The Science of Empathy“Have support and share the load.” “Groups feel drained and not as drained.” “Burn out is a real thing. The people who need the most empathy can often feel the most shut out of receiving it”. “Remember to love yourself too and let others feel your pain.”
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‘For my people’: Baltimore photographer Devin Allen lands second Time cover, again capturing protests against police
Read more: ‘For my people’: Baltimore photographer Devin Allen lands second Time cover, again capturing protests against policefrom The Baltimore Sun article ‘For my people’: Baltimore photographer Devin Allen lands second Time cover, again capturing protests against police
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The Doll’s Funeral by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Children’s Album, Op. 39
Read more: The Doll’s Funeral by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Children’s Album, Op. 39The Doll’s Funeral by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Children’s Album, Op. 39 Tchaikovsky’s follow up piece to The Sick Doll. Sometimes translated as “The Doll’s Burial”. Also on: Tumblr
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Video: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant: Lent (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty) by Maurice Ravel
Read more: Video: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant: Lent (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty) by Maurice RavelPavane de la Belle au bois dormant: Lent (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty) by Maurice Ravel From Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) Originally for one piano four hands, the piece was transcribed for solo piano by Ravel’s friend Jacques Charlot the same year as it was published (1910). Five years later, Ravel dedicated the first movement […]
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Video: Prelude (1913) by Maurice Ravel
Read more: Video: Prelude (1913) by Maurice RavelMaurice Ravel is one of my favorite composers. He composed this simple piano piece at the request of Gabriel Fauré for a sight-reading test at the Paris Conservatoire Ravel dedicated the composition to Jeanne Leleu, the winner of the competition
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My one word theme for 2020 is Experience
Read more: My one word theme for 2020 is Experience20 years of adulthood. 20 years as a graphic designer. 20 years. ~7,300 sun rises and sets. Time passes. It won’t wait for you. Time feels no concern about whether you’re ready, willing, able, competent, foolish, or prepared. Take every moment for what it is: Experience. We each get to have our own unique experience. […]