Over the years, I’ve worked harder and harder to find meaning in life. But the more I've looked, the more I’ve wondered if I was going about my search the wrong way.
I've been looking for meaning through experience, but I think now that I've always had it backwards. Life will never be defined by extravagant experience, but about finding extravagance in common experience. So for 2009, I'm going to focus less on living large, and focus more on living well. Each month I'll start a new month-long project (like trying to run 3 miles faster than George Bush), to find uncommon results from common experience. Each project will involve daily activity, so every day of 2009 you can check my progress on the monthly projects and see what I discover.
None of these projects will cost much—in fact, I think most will be free. So if you're looking for a year uncommonly rich, you can join me. There's no membership required, just participate and comment if you want. Either way, get ready for a year I hope is unlike any other.
I stumbled across the finish line, but I manage to complete 8 of the month-long projects successfully. Blogging is now over at Wonderfam!
It's September, and September was a …
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Today’s interview was with Mark Thompson, executive chef at Two Blondes and a Shrimp and general food genius. Bon appétit!
Year of Months / A Month of Listening Day 4 from Nathan Clark on Vimeo.
Update: Something was weird with the original video, so it’s reposted.
I love how Mark discussed using design techniques in plating food. That’s … just an amazing concept that I, as a hack photographer, have never really followed … but now I’m totally visualizing plates of food in my head that way. Ha!
Good to hear him note that food should be about the people you’re with, the conversations you have, etc. That’s not a business model that maximizes profit but does maximize enjoyment. That builds return customers, I believe, and it makes what you’re doing worth doing.