An Introduction to Cubes
Hi! My name is Gert, and I like Cubes.
A Cube is defined as a set of choices following one or more restrictions. Today we'll be using the AlphaBetCube, which is a Cube using the alphabet as its primary restriction. How does it work? Well, you choose a secondary restriction (examples will follow) and try to list your favorite thing for each letter from A to Z. Feel free to skip letters or cheat in other ways, the goal is to have fun while making the end result feel as 'you' as possible.
However, don't get rid of the restrictions too much as they are the difference between a Cube and a normal list of favorites. It can be very challenging (and often impossible) to get everything you want in a Cube, but it forces you to think about what really matters to you. Cubes like this are a great way to get to know yourself and each other better, give it a try!
Here's some of mine:
VALUES
Accountability
Balance
Cooperation
Devotion
Empathy
Freedom
Gratitude
Health
Intimacy
Joy
Kindness
Love
Meaning
Nerve
Open-mindedness
Perspective
Quietness
Reason
Sustainability
Truth
Understanding
Variety
Wonder
(MUSIC) ARTISTS
Arcade Fire
Billy Joel
The Cranberries
Daft Punk
Earth, Wind & Fire
Fleetwood Mac
Gorki
Hans Zimmer
Interpol
Journey
Kygo
Lorde
Madonna
New Order
Oasis
Prince
Queen
Robyn
The Smiths
Train
U2
Vaya Con Dios
Weezer
ZZ Top
SONGS
Adam's Song (blink-182)
The Boys of Summer (Don Henley)
Cambodia (Kim Wilde)
Dancing on My Own (Robyn)
Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Goodbye Horses (Q Lazzarus)
Heart of Gold (Neil Young)
I'm Still Standing (Elton John)
Jealous Guy (John Lennon / Roxy Music)
Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack)
Learning to Fly (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Moonlight Sonata (Ludwig von Beethoven)
Nightshift (Commodores)
On the Nature of Daylight (Max Richter)
Photograph (Ed Sheeran / Felix Jaehn)
A Real Hero (College feat. Electric Youth)
Self Esteem (The Offspring)
Tous les cris les SOS (Daniel Balavoine)
Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers)
Vincent (Don McLean)
With or Without You (U2)
You're Welcome (Dwayne Johnson / Lin Manuel Miranda)
Zeven dagen lang (Bots)
FOOD
Apples
Bananas
Chocolate
Danette Expresso
Eggs
Fries
Greens
Ham
Ice Cream
Juice
Kiwi
Leek
Mushrooms
Nuts
Olives
Pasta
Rice
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Veggies
Water
Yoghurt
Zucchini
(FAMOUS) PEOPLE
David Attenborough
Sacha Baron Cohen
Albert Camus
Rodney Dangerfield
Albert Einstein
Jodie Foster
Mahatma Gandhi
Eden Hazard
Steve Irwin
Magic Johnson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bruce Lee
Shigeru Miyamoto
Christopher Nolan
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Trey Parker
Bob Ross
Bernie Sanders
Greta Thunberg
Sofia Vergara
Robin Williams
Shōta Yasooka
Hans Zimmer
MOVIES
Amélie
The Big Lebowski
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Drive
Edward Scissorhands
Fearless
Gattaca
Her
Interstellar
Jean de Florette
Kick-Ass
The Lion King
The Matrix
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Parasite
Quiz Show
Requiem for a Dream
Shichinin no samurai
The Truman Show
Up in the Air
V for Vendetta
Whatever Works
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Ying xiong
Zodiac
TV-SHOWS (here I cheated – a to z didn't have to be the first letter)
La casa de papel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Flight of the Conchords
True Detective
Het Eiland
Friends
Game of Thrones
House M.D.
The I.T. Crowd
Hagane no renkinjutsushi
South Park
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Black Mirror
Nip/Tuck
Band of Brothers
Pokémon
Police Squad!
Rome
The Simpsons
Twin Peaks
Desu nôto
Veronica Mars
The Wire
The X-Files
Rick and Morty
The Twilight Zone
ME (the ABC of me, the original one made in Dutch)
Anders (different)
Bouwen (to build)
Cube (cube)
Dood (death)
Eenzaamheid (loneliness)
Flexibel (flexible)
Gezondheid (health)
Held (hero)
Intimiteit (intimacy)
Ja (yes)
Keuzes (choices)
Liefde (love)
Meesterschap (mastery)
Natuur (nature)
Ontzag (awe)
Perspectief (perspective)
Quotes (quotes)
Rust (peace and quiet)
Samenwerking (cooperation)
Toewijding (devotion)
Uitdaging (challenge)
Verandering (change)
Wanhoop (desperation)
Xanax (xanax)
Yoghurt (yoghurt)
Zin (meaning)
A Cube is defined as a set of choices following one or more restrictions. Today we'll be using the AlphaBetCube, which is a Cube using the alphabet as its primary restriction. How does it work? Well, you choose a secondary restriction (examples will follow) and try to list your favorite thing for each letter from A to Z. Feel free to skip letters or cheat in other ways, the goal is to have fun while making the end result feel as 'you' as possible.
However, don't get rid of the restrictions too much as they are the difference between a Cube and a normal list of favorites. It can be very challenging (and often impossible) to get everything you want in a Cube, but it forces you to think about what really matters to you. Cubes like this are a great way to get to know yourself and each other better, give it a try!
Here's some of mine:
VALUES
Accountability
Balance
Cooperation
Devotion
Empathy
Freedom
Gratitude
Health
Intimacy
Joy
Kindness
Love
Meaning
Nerve
Open-mindedness
Perspective
Quietness
Reason
Sustainability
Truth
Understanding
Variety
Wonder
(MUSIC) ARTISTS
Arcade Fire
Billy Joel
The Cranberries
Daft Punk
Earth, Wind & Fire
Fleetwood Mac
Gorki
Hans Zimmer
Interpol
Journey
Kygo
Lorde
Madonna
New Order
Oasis
Prince
Queen
Robyn
The Smiths
Train
U2
Vaya Con Dios
Weezer
ZZ Top
SONGS
Adam's Song (blink-182)
The Boys of Summer (Don Henley)
Cambodia (Kim Wilde)
Dancing on My Own (Robyn)
Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Goodbye Horses (Q Lazzarus)
Heart of Gold (Neil Young)
I'm Still Standing (Elton John)
Jealous Guy (John Lennon / Roxy Music)
Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack)
Learning to Fly (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Moonlight Sonata (Ludwig von Beethoven)
Nightshift (Commodores)
On the Nature of Daylight (Max Richter)
Photograph (Ed Sheeran / Felix Jaehn)
A Real Hero (College feat. Electric Youth)
Self Esteem (The Offspring)
Tous les cris les SOS (Daniel Balavoine)
Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers)
Vincent (Don McLean)
With or Without You (U2)
You're Welcome (Dwayne Johnson / Lin Manuel Miranda)
Zeven dagen lang (Bots)
FOOD
Apples
Bananas
Chocolate
Danette Expresso
Eggs
Fries
Greens
Ham
Ice Cream
Juice
Kiwi
Leek
Mushrooms
Nuts
Olives
Pasta
Rice
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Veggies
Water
Yoghurt
Zucchini
(FAMOUS) PEOPLE
David Attenborough
Sacha Baron Cohen
Albert Camus
Rodney Dangerfield
Albert Einstein
Jodie Foster
Mahatma Gandhi
Eden Hazard
Steve Irwin
Magic Johnson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bruce Lee
Shigeru Miyamoto
Christopher Nolan
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Trey Parker
Bob Ross
Bernie Sanders
Greta Thunberg
Sofia Vergara
Robin Williams
Shōta Yasooka
Hans Zimmer
MOVIES
Amélie
The Big Lebowski
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Drive
Edward Scissorhands
Fearless
Gattaca
Her
Interstellar
Jean de Florette
Kick-Ass
The Lion King
The Matrix
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Parasite
Quiz Show
Requiem for a Dream
Shichinin no samurai
The Truman Show
Up in the Air
V for Vendetta
Whatever Works
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Ying xiong
Zodiac
TV-SHOWS (here I cheated – a to z didn't have to be the first letter)
La casa de papel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Flight of the Conchords
True Detective
Het Eiland
Friends
Game of Thrones
House M.D.
The I.T. Crowd
Hagane no renkinjutsushi
South Park
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Black Mirror
Nip/Tuck
Band of Brothers
Pokémon
Police Squad!
Rome
The Simpsons
Twin Peaks
Desu nôto
Veronica Mars
The Wire
The X-Files
Rick and Morty
The Twilight Zone
ME (the ABC of me, the original one made in Dutch)
Anders (different)
Bouwen (to build)
Cube (cube)
Dood (death)
Eenzaamheid (loneliness)
Flexibel (flexible)
Gezondheid (health)
Held (hero)
Intimiteit (intimacy)
Ja (yes)
Keuzes (choices)
Liefde (love)
Meesterschap (mastery)
Natuur (nature)
Ontzag (awe)
Perspectief (perspective)
Quotes (quotes)
Rust (peace and quiet)
Samenwerking (cooperation)
Toewijding (devotion)
Uitdaging (challenge)
Verandering (change)
Wanhoop (desperation)
Xanax (xanax)
Yoghurt (yoghurt)
Zin (meaning)
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