January 2012
26 posts
“Without lying, to find redemption in nowhere in particular.”
– Robert Adams
Budnitz Bicycles Newsletter: The Road is the...
“The man who made bicycles beautiful again.” – Phaidon
Budnitz Bicycles had two wonderful write-ups this week on Phaidon & Bike Radar.
Suddenly there are piles of notes in my inbox from journalists wanting to understand where our small bicycle company is heading.
This question totally misses the point.
Focusing on the destination is like going out for a long ride and only...
Bike Radar Budnitz Bicycles Review →
Rest no-rest.
Controlling and regulating our experience to avoid those things that make us uncomfortable.
Temporary condition in which things come to rest, then something goes awry. Assertion of surprise.
Change of scenery, new conditions, assertion of control, back to rest.
Error in judgement.
Frantic attempt to regain control. Order, quiet, self confidence. Rest.
Temporary disaster. Loss of...
Dear Facebook Friends — my personal Facebook account has been getting a bit out of control lately, with a several hundred friend requests a week. So, I have decided to stop posting on my personal page and to post only on my Facebook Fan page, here: https://www.facebook.com/paulbudnitzhome . Please go to my fan page and “like” the page and keep being my friend! I’ll post and...
I was out to breakfast with Huck Gee this morning, and we were talking about being artists that do business. Most artists just want to make art and most businessmen just want to make money. Huck and I are oddballs who insist on doing both, though the approach we take is quite different.
I enjoy business. Making things is fun, and selling them to people who appreciate them is fun too. For me...
December 2011
23 posts
WatchGodard, Godard, Godard. Another major influence.
We just had a three day snowstorm and I was fitting studded tires on one of my bicycles this morning. Now the sun is out and I was thinking about disappointment, and how much of my own life I’ve wasted being disappointed that things don’t happen the way I want them to.
If you think about it, all of life is basically one disappointment after the other. Things don’t really...
November 2011
13 posts
