Books

What books are we reading as we end the week? Here’s my list:

Code4rena.com co-founder. Securityalliance.org contributor. Lover of books, poetry, collective knowledge graphs, and aligning on a big vision.

Sculpting in Time by Andrei Tarkovsky: Love being inside this brilliant Russian filmmaker’s mind—he was an extreme introvert (relatable) so this book is a rare, thorough, and beautiful occasion get his perspective on art, life, and ofc cinema

The Empowered Manager by Peter Block: I like Block’s balance between idealism and pragmatism. There’s a middle way between hierarchy/bureaucracy and flat org/hidden power structures/chaos, and he articulates it well.

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: I love Woolf but have never finished this bc it’s one long stream, no chapters &…is challenging. But it’s beautiful & a good oppty for me to train my brain to pay attn & not subtly anticipate the end of a chapter. Bc it never ends. Feels like a metaphor in there somewhere.

Station Island by Seamus Heaney: Starting my day with poetry resets my soul & keeps me focused on the big questions, not the small stupid ones. I’m flipping between Heaney & Frost rn. I love the contrast between Heaney’s vivid, fresh imagery and Frost’s poetic story-telling.