I got an email recently from a reader who’d started writing music. He wasn’t trying to go pro. He wasn’t chasing a record deal. He just picked up an instrument, started creating, and shared what he made with the people around him. And then he waited. For the nods. The enthusiasm. The “this is really […]
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Growing up in Istanbul, Carl Sagan was one of my childhood heroes. He would speak to me through the original Cosmos series. I didn’t speak a word of English, so I wasn’t quite sure what he was saying. But I listened anyway. When I started exploring options for college, my first choice was Cornell, where […]
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Once a month, I share the best of what I’ve been reading, watching, and exploring. Enjoy! Books The Uncool by Cameron Crowe. I loved this book based on the real-life story behind the film Almost Famous. Crowe became a Rolling Stone journalist at fifteen, and his secret weapon wasn’t access or connections—it was that he […]
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