October 19, 2023

Volume 160

I've never been happier

Curated by Mark Pontius

Former drummer of Foster the People, current father, and chrysalis dweller

I accidentally ended up with 6 cats, and those cats keep attacking the plants.

I spend a lot of time repotting those plants which bears a similar vibe to cleaning out all of these litter boxes. Last week my four-year-old and I made Halloween decorations out of toilet paper rolls and raked up leaves, only for more to fall later that night. The next day, we raked them again.

Nothing I’m currently doing is making an impact on social media, I don’t have fans or management, or a list of places I’m expected to be next month. I’ve never mattered less to the world out there, and honestly, I’ve never been happier.

What's been keeping you grounded?

There’s the kind of success you achieve when your career takes off and you get money and fame, and then there’s the kind you achieve when you define success for yourself.

I am currently enjoying the fruits of the latter.

I’ve been finding the good stuff in the quiet, slow, mundane moments that happen every day. Family dinners, removing splinters from tiny toes and pulling the weeds from the flower bed, again.

WHAT IM ROCKIN'

My thought process with clothes is the same as my thought process with musical equipment, what can I get that will stretch the farthest? At home, The Courier Pant has become my go-to. I bought 3 pairs and keep them in steady rotation, I got the Shepherds Shirt in two colors for when I actually leave the house, which is infrequent. My daughter Sunny is wearing The Creator's Coat in Ace Blue Canvas.

Shepherds Shirt in Indigo Hickory Stripe {Deadstock}

Shepherds Shirt in Indigo Hickory Stripe {Deadstock}

$329.00

Poem of the Week

01 WHAT'S KEEPING ME GROUNDED


Bare feet in grass.

What are you reading?

02 QUOTE OF THE WEEK


“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed.”
— Terence McKenna

What are you drinking?

03 WHAT I'M DRINKING


MUD\WTR

04 WHAT I'M UP TO, HEALTH-WISE


Lemon water in the morning, a run a few times a week and I'm currently using tubs of grout in lieu of weights.

What are you listening to?

05 WHAT I'M READING


I'll read anything weird and esoteric I can get my hands on. Currently digesting Holographic Culture by Pierre Sabak

06 WHAT I'M INTO LATELY


Slowly remodeling our house via DIY projects I start and quickly regret. Exploring my internal experience through containers like Astrology and Human Design. Artistically I have really enjoyed a couple of years of making music for myself without any pressure of releasing it, but that period of my life seems to be wrapping up. I’ve got a podcast I only record when I have something to say, which hasn’t been often, and some music that may see the light of day sometime next year.


Quote of the Week

07 WHAT I'M LISTENING TO


Pontius Imperfects Playlist
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