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The unexamined life is not worth living — From the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №259
by Tobias van Schneider

The unexamined life is not worth living — From the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №259

Last week I wrote about "Style is the answer to everything", a short personal meditation on style and a subtle nod to one of my favorite poems by Charles Bukowski. If you missed it, I highly recommend you read it. You can now read it here on my
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Every week, we handpick two portfolios created with Semplice to feature on our Showcase. These are the best of the best, chosen by yours truly from hundreds of beautiful submissions.
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The Semplice community draws some of the best creative talent in the world – so standing out from that community with this award is no small thing.
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I'll be honest. Staying consistent with a personal publication like DESK can be a challenge. And sometimes I don't. Yet here we are another year and hundreds of articles later.
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