Welcome to the PI.FYI Spotlight, a column where we interview some of our favorite users.
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For today's spotlight, we're featuring @WILLRESCHKE, who's pinned recommendation: Gambling With Your Life, particularly speaks to me. Will's account is a blend of self-shot photography and effortlessly captivating posts. Another personal favorite: Riding Through a Faux Pass. In his own words, "Double down, if you drop your phone in front of someone just leave it there." That’s exactly the kind of energy we're channeling this summer. Check out more of Will's taste, below.
I’m Will and I’m an Eagle Scout, an older brother to two other very tall blonde men, and at one point in my life I lived out of a stranger’s laundry room in Los Angeles. In my free time I enjoy doing landscape photography, which you can find here - and staring at a blank wall in my apartment.
What does “taste” mean to you?
Taste to me has a relationship with itself similar to that of a muscle and its reflex. It’s this weird, ancient thing summoned through the classic practice of “calling it as you see it” when you are approached by an unusual pair of pants or a challenging work of art. You really can only train your taste by going through many practice stages of appraisal. Mostly through being an active hater and lover. You can’t be passive and have good taste. Taste is probably a remnant of some deeper primal survival instinct, as people with good taste in my experience have been good friends and not likely to steal your berries. Taste also fuels a continuous reinvention of yourself that I am personally still on and will likely never be finished with.
How do you choose an experience that’s worthy of recommendation (in your eyes)? Is it a recurring moment of joy, or based on a gut feeling?
When I choose something to recommend, I stop and ask myself “does this help improve someone else’s life?”. When you recommend something earnestly, someone could be trusting you to spend a part of their busy day trying something new. That’s a big responsibility and not something to take lightly. Or maybe I’m thinking about it too much.
Which PI.FYI user should we feature next?
I nominate @ROYALLMONARCH for the next spotlight user, who has been a consistent and dedicated steward of the always lovely PI.FYI book club.
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