From High-Fidelity to Exquisite Experiences

With Chinese and Vietnamese roots in my blood the social media and blog posts below from Meredith Lewis have triggered my engagement, a new train of thoughts and values.

The Nudge

“To celebrate the Year of the Horse I have designed a horse-themed creative prompt which you can access and use for yourself if you wish.” – @dangerousmeredith

https://dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/a-gift-for-you

“Recent times have been tough for some of us, fast-moving for others, and confounding for others still. Use my horse-themed creative prompt to carve out some time and space to envision the kind of year you want to experience.

Hear,

Orientate,

Reflect,

Sense-make, and

Engage.”

“Bookmarked. I will.” – @rotanarotana

My Intent

.@dangerousmeredith : Just got the deck. First thoughts that come to mind. Would iterate and expand them in an upcoming blog post.

For 2026 I want a year full of High-Fidelity. I want to feel more Organic, to notice what is Rare & Significant, and to explore Exquisite experiences.

My Year of H.O.R.S.E.

I want a year full of High-fidelity, to feel Organic, to notice what is Rare and Significant, and to explore Exquisite experiences.

Let’s delve into each meaning of the acronym I intentionally created.

I want a year full of High-Fidelity.

High-Fidelity makes me think of the music tracks from my favourite playlists and albums I can play on Hi-Fi speakers. High-Fidelity can also have the shape of High-Fidelity prototypes that used to be low-fidelity prototypes.

What makes relationships, objects, memories from events, a good book, a great movie, an exhibit last? What do you create for posterity and legacy? What does remain when the hype goes away?

High-Fidelity means to me: something I keep going back to. Ahead of the curve, epic and so unique. Something that is standing out over time. Almost beyond time and space.

I want to feel Organic.

I want to feel organic knowledge flows from trusted people.

“Before the era of algorithm dominated feeds, my consumption was intentional. I relied on the trusty RSS feeds to subscribe to blogs from people I admired. It was almost like active curation of what you attend to. This agency of choosing whose ideas I consumed was the foundation of my learning. Building relationships with those people was a huge bonus. I still use this “pull” method to read, learn, and create.” – Tanmay Vora https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tnvora_visualnudges-learning-creativity-share-7432676137836703744-PbsZ

I also still pull intentionally knowledge flows from trusted people through different channels: RSS feeds, social networks, online and offline communities, printed journals and magazines, podcasts, ebooks and paperbooks, YouTube shows and documentaries.

I want to feel organic food as Spring is here.

From the farm and the garden to my plates. From the local flee to my basket to my plate.

I hear each week the podcast “On va déguster” with François-Régis Gaudry. Sometimes I watch his food show “Très Très Bon”. His crew of food curators keeps tasting, experiencing and recommending some food spots. My food map grows organically and is refreshed one episode of the podcast and of the TV show at a time.

I want to notice what is Rare and Significant.

Where are the gems that I can value through notes to share observations and deep thoughts one post at a time? In a unfrequent and emergent way.

What are the useful and impactful resources that can challenge the status quo, my thinking and doing? What can nudge us to do things differently, smarter, better? To rethink. To recalibrate. To supercharge ourselves.

A book, a podcast episode, an artefact in an exhibit, a track on a LP or an album, a print, a object to decorate a living place, a skilled person. Each one can be unique and shines. I would contemplate its beauty, put one on a spotlight, value and support with kindness and force.

It is somehow a way to preserve its added value and uniqueness for posterity and legacy.

I want to explore Exquisite experiences.

Exquisite experiences mean to me intense, memorable, remarkable, beautiful, neat, seamless, crazy, creative and exploratory experiences.

For instance I had an exquisite experience while enjoying the permanent and ephemeral exhibits in the museum Nouveau Monde in La Rochelle, France. I especially enjoyed the photography, sculpture and paintings on the history and legacy of the Algonquian and Iroquoian people, the Native Americans of the North-East of the United States.

Another exquisite experience that caught my attention is the movie: Project Hail Mary. I found the cinematic a visual treat and the storyline quiet moving. I didn’t knew that it is a movie adaptation from the book by Andy Weir. The author’s interview with the Penguin Random House has triggered my desire to hear his book on Audible or read it on paperbook.