# week 7 of 2025
![[egle.jpg]]
[Egle Plytnikaite](https://egle.plytnikaite.com) is a Lithuanian vector artist that tells amazing stories with simple shapes and colors. Wonderful editorial illustration work.
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> My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. The effect you have on others' lives is the highest expression of your own.
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> — Maya Angelou
> I oscillate between thinking I am crazy, and thinking I am not crazy enough.
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> — Joyce Carol Oates
> Play leads to brain plasticity, adaptability, and creativity. Nothing fires up the brain like play.
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> — Stuart Brown (founder of the [National Institute for Play](https://nifplay.org))
> I'm in favor of an art that does something other than just sit on its ass in a museum.
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> — Claes Oldenburg
> Fear often signals that something truly matters to you.
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> — Anne-Laure Le Cunff
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### web design stuff
[web.dev](https://web.dev) have free online courses covering the basics of [html](https://web.dev/learn/html) and [css](https://web.dev/learn/css). We are starting coding soon in the Introduction to Web Design course I teach and these are going to be solid reference sites. There are also good courses on things like [images](https://web.dev/learn/images), [responsive design](https://web.dev/learn/design), and [javascript](https://web.dev/learn/javascript) but I'm sticking with just html and css for now.
[32 bit cafe](https://32bit.cafe) is an [indieweb](https://indieweb.org/) community of web designers and hobbyists.
[100 things you can do on your personal website.](https://jamesg.blog/2024/02/19/personal-website-ideas)