Author: 金妮
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DNFs
If you’re unfamiliar with modern bookish lingo, DNF is short for “Did Not Finish”. This is reader-speak for, well, exactly what it sounds like: a book one did not finish reading. Some people are assertive — some might even say aggressive — DNFers. They’ll get part way through a book, decide it’s not for them,… Read more
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Banal Magic: Changing Gears
This post is thus titled, not because you, dear reader, will see anything here change, but because I am making a change in my own mental gears. (Think of these as internal gears, hidden away in some kind of casing, not the kinds of gears that are out in the open.) You see, my earlier… Read more
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Shiny Bells
I’ve been thinking about shininess — shiny things. And bells. (Well, bell curves.) Consider: Some people love new things. They’re mesmerised by the shininess of the new and the novel. To these people, the fresh-from-the-factory gleam is captivating. This is not surprising to me. I am probably an acolyte of the Cult of the New.… Read more
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Banal Magic: Tacking Train Tracks
I’m a big fan of metaphors. They help me conceptualise, well, just about everything. They also feel rather nerdy to me (I’m not sure why), and that just tickles me even more. ‘^^ If I can make an extended metaphor, so much the better, but I’ve learnt that even an illogically mixed metaphor can be… Read more
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A Pet Theory
I have a pet theory: Books & hugs will save the world. By “books”, I mean what we read, never mind the format (visual, audio, whatever). By “hugs”, I mean good relationships, never mind the degree of physical proximity. Reading & relationships. Books & hugs. Why? Because books spread ideas, and hugs spread love. Ideas… Read more
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Banal Magic: Double Digit Check-In
This is post #10 — we’re now in the double digits, yay! ٩( ^ᴗ^ )۶ This post also happens to coincide with the end of the second month of this blog, so I thought now would be a good time to reflect on how it’s going: Well. . . . ‘^^ Okay, I confess that… Read more
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Zettelkasten
No, it’s not a German pastry. =P It’s something that I first learned about from — you’ll be shocked to hear — reading a book. XD That book was How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens. The title alone tells you what the book is about, yeah? ‘^^ Per Ahrens, the key to taking… Read more
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Banal Magic: Creating a Creativity Car
When I’m in a fallow period of my life — that is, when I’m not productive (in the literal, semantic sense of the word: when I’m not producing) — for a prolonged period, either deliberately or accidentally —, I don’t need too many tools to get by (read: to fool other people into thinking I… Read more
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Bookmark: “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert
Considering my new three Bs, I think it only fitting that my first biweekly (i.e., twice weekly) post be a Bookmark about my own Banal Magic’s starting point: Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic. Oh, and while Gilbert’s book is not a novel with a plot that can be spoiled, I still feel obligated to say, before… Read more
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Three Bs
I have an announcement. Actually, I have three — all starting with the letter b. Bee #1 I’m doubling the number of promised posts I’m publishing in a week — from once a week to twice a week, or from just Tuesdays to Tuesdays & Thursdays —, starting this week. That’s twice the amount of… Read more