Peter Khun at his home in Connecticut.
What you consume will bleed into your mind and your work. It’s best to make it good things.
I feel like I’m particularly susceptible to this. I spend long hours editing photos with YouTube on in the background. Sometimes I go on true crime binges, and last night it gave me a nightmare about my family passing. I’d rather dream about sunshine and roses, lol.
I have a friend who doesn’t watch movies with gory violence. When I asked him why, he said, “It desensitizes us from having empathy for others.” It objectifies the worst parts of humanity for entertainment.
Trust me, I’m guilty of watching this shit too, and everyone has their guilty pleasures. But consuming it all day long has never been easier.
That’s why I’m actively seeking out my interests and trying to consume things that bring me closer to who I want to be.
I met Peter through mutual friends. Knowing I wanted to learn more about bird hunting and sailing, he had me over for lunch just to talk, but obviously I brought my camera. When I think about how much time has been wasted on my phone, and how much time my grandparents spent learning new skills, it deflates me like a spare tire. But it also inspires the shit out of me.
To know that if you want to build a boat and learn to sail, you can do that. If you want to learn to paint, you can do that. If you want to have a garden and donate your food, you can do that too.
In a world obsessed with monetizing everything and making shit faster with AI, you can choose slower. You can do shit for free. You can do things just because you love them or because you want to try.
Results are what happen when your life is full of experiences.
