Jake Welch @jakewelch
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Sunset dither cam gallery ⟶ are.na/jake-welch/sunset-dither-cam
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Currently reading ⟶ The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (377/479)
Currently listening to ⟶ Bill Evans Trio, BBC studio, London, March 19th, 1965 (colorized) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10QOOvxw0uA)
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16 March 2026
Coming off of a long weekend recovering from a week of being sick. My screen time Saturday was 4x longer than normal, I was so bored and so low energy. Today I'm working to recover my creative energy and to catch up on work. It feels nice to be productive again.
Yesterday I made up for Saturdays screen time sins by reading for the entire day. The Grapes of Wrath is breaking my heart, but I'm so engulfed in its story. The atmospheric/thematic intercalary chapters padded between the narrative chapters are some of the most profound things I've ever read. What floors me is the reality that this was written nearly 100 years ago, yet the problems of waste and wealth inequality Steinbeck laid bare haven't disappeared but have now infected the entire earth. As he wrote in chapter 25, "There is crime here that goes beyond denunciation." This book has never been more relevant.
13 March 2026
Many opportunities have been budding lately, excited for them to blossom.
Sometimes opportunity feels like a large rock that first needs to be rolled over a muddy hill of self doubt, but once it's over, it picks up speed and doesn't stop rolling
10 March 2026
The interactive web music video/live performance I built for Ritt Momney is out now! Check it out.
https://base-lidar.live/
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Hi @elliott, do you have a way for others to access your html is writing app? I think I would use this, quite a lot.
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Last updated: Monday, March 16, 2026
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True goodness is like water.
- Bringing benefit and giving life to the 10,000 things.
- It doesn’t compete but like the Tao
- Immediately flows to the lowest place.
- Everyone else always wants to be first
- But the wise only want to be last,
- To live on solid ground,
- To think deeply,
- To be gentle and kind,
- To speak with honesty,
- To govern with peace and order,
- To work with skill,
- To act at only the best time
ways i stay grounded
- keep a morning routine
- read difficult yet rewarding novels
- avoid algorithms
- sacrifice comfort
- write out observations
- consider how things are connected
- notice how big and open the sky is
- relinquish all hate
- seek to understand everyone with compassion
- embrace silence
- honor things made with skill and craft
- allow troubles to flow over me like water
4 favorite things
- human connection
- figuring out how things work
- self-actualization through learning
- cultivating peace