““I’ll give you a minute to unpretzel your brain and maybe read that again: Wanting positive experience is a negative experience; accepting negative experience is a positive experience. It’s what the philosopher Alan Watts used to refer to as “the backwards law”—the idea that the more you pursue feeling better all the time, the less satisfied you become, as pursuing something only reinforces the fact that you lack it in the first place.””
![“I got to a happier point and then started making a record [Wild Things]. I don't mind at all that it sounds like LA, because LA was integral to me feeling better. Seeing the sunshine and all that other sorts of stuff was definitely a huge part in why the album sounds like it sounds.” quote by Ladyhawke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a73/ladyhawke-16375_albums_i-got-to-a-happier-point-and-then-starte_213101.jpg)
![“I follow and cultivate my own curiosity. I think curiosity is one of the top two or three human characteristics. It's something that I really like about myself. [...] I want to understand stuff! I want to understand people! Following my curiosity so frequently leads me to better life decisions and…” quote by Hank Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/09d/hank-green-2600_ask-questions_i-follow-and-cultivate-my-own-curiosity_328862.jpg)
