So much of desire to me is associated with novelty. I want new things—new books to read, movies to watch, journals to fill up. A lot of this is programmed desire, decades of training and influence from consumerism.
To satiate my desire while actually providing something new, not just a repackaged new that is barely different from what I have just consumed, I can look to the past for inspiration.
Where to look for the past as new
- Past journals
- Past sketches, drawings
- Public Domain Archive
- Book I’ve already read