George Orwell Descriptions #1

"At each step his muscles slid neatly into place, the lock of hair on his scalp danced up and down, his feet printed themselves on the wet gravel." -Orwell, George. "A Hanging."

I cannot recommend www.brainpickings.org enough. It's quickly turning into my favorite site on all things interesting. Here's a video I found with Ira Glass, of This American Life , talking about creativity and success.

Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

Woody Guthrie's 1942 New Year's Resolution List.

A pretty good list, if I do say so myself. I make lists too. I must start looking at them more often, though. Otherwise, I end up repeating the list year after year and nothing ever, ever changes. Well it's not that bad, but I certainly forget to do things like shave or buy new socks, or remember not to get too lonesome. So here I go with my attempt to "Keep Hoping Machine Running" for good ole' Woody Guthrie.