olin-monster

The domain name olin.monster is chosen by francis for his public digital-garden. Olin means something like love in the lovely minimal toki-pona language. “Olin monster” refers to shadow and meeting the obstacles in life with curiosity and love. He uses an integrated-thinking-environment like logseq. The digital-garden contained in this site reflects his personal notes and thoughts. Some journal pages and some other content he keeps private. Olin monster in that sense also a ‘dear friend’, an augmented brain and a collection of curiosa, demons, allies and hopes-and-fears...

the-pattern

The Pattern is one of my favorite concepts in a novel, I associate the idea with the labyrinth of chartres or the Borobudur. From the Amber series, a conversation with Random, Deirdre and Corwin about how to help Corwin, prince of Amber. ““I’m not going the full distance. You’ll have to take over at the shore and talk with your sister’s sister.” “You mean for him to take the Pattern again?...