Wisdom I Pondered This Week

• “It’s easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it’s easy in solitude to live after our own; but great people keep with the sweet independence of solitude in the midst of a crowd.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “What we practice grows stronger.” — Shauna Shapiro
• “The fact that you’re alive is a miracle. Just stay alive, that would be enough.” — Hamilton (2015 musical)
• “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.” — Jean Luc Picard
• “The earth is what we all share.” — Wendell Berry

Things I Learned This Week

• 神韻晚會（Shen Yun）是美國「神韻藝術團」主辦的大型表演藝術節目，於 2006 年由法輪功修煉者在紐約創立，總部位於紐約州的龍泉寺，每年在全球五大洲約 200 個城市巡迴演出。
• Lawn Bowls (草地滾球) is a precision sport where players roll biased balls, called “bowls,” to rest as close as possible to a smaller target ball, called the “jack”. Players take turns on a smooth, manicured grass or artificial turf surface, utilizing the ball’s unique curved path to outmaneuver their opponents.
• 三宅一生（Issey Miyake）是日本傳奇時裝設計師，他在 1970 年創立了同名品牌 ISSEY MIYAKE，設計核心是一生褶（Pleats Please）、一塊布（A-POC）與幾何解構。
• 普林（Purine）是細胞核中遺傳物質（核酸）的重要成分，存在於人體細胞及食物（如豆類、菇類）中；普林在體內代謝後會產生「尿酸」，若長期攝取過多，會使尿酸結晶沉積於關節，增加罹患「痛風」之風險。
• 輪播貼文（= Carousel Post = 多圖貼文）指在單一貼文中結合多張圖片或短片，讓受眾透過左右滑動來瀏覽完整內容的社群格式，適合用來進行「步驟教學」、「故事敘述」或「產品型錄」展示。