stoic
hedonist

48.14° N · 11.58° E · 519 m

A private standard, built forward.

— The working principles
  1. I Memento mori
  2. II Amor fati
  3. III Ataraxia
  4. IV Sprezzatura
  5. V Festina lente
  6. VI Sapere aude

What stands in the way
becomes the way.

Marcus Aurelius · Meditations

— The three pillars

Time-tested principles.

— The standing record
DIES · SINCE MMXXVI
—
SOL · MUC
—
ZRH
—
NYC
—
DXB
—
FIG. I — DISTRIBVTIO NORMALIS N(μ, σ²) · σ = 1 · μ = 0 PLATE I — ED. MMXXVI P( · ) = (1 / σ√2π) e^(−(x−μ)²/2σ²) ∫_{−∞}^{+∞} ϕ(x) dx = 1 N = 300 · RND ~ N(0, 1) μ VERTEX PVNCTVM·INFL. PVNCTVM·INFL. 68.27% ± σ 13.59% 13.59% 2.14% 2.14% −3σ −2σ −σ μ +σ +2σ +3σ ϕ′(x) Distributio Normalis EX MVLTITVDINE · VNVM · MDCCCIX
— The direction
MANDATVM · ED. MMXXVI

The past is settled. The work continues, undeclared.

DIRECTIO
on its own terms
TEMPVS
MMXXVI →
OPVS
in progress · unannounced
— The entries of record
  1. EDITIO MMXXVIThe working principlesrecorded · I–VI
  2. SEDESMunich · 48.14° N · 11.58° Eseat
  3. MERCATVSZRH · NYC · DXBmarkets
  4. OPVSin progressunannounced
  5. SIGNATVRAwithheldwithheld
— The colophon

The charter and its keeper.

COLOPHON · ED. MMXXVI

GUGG is a standard kept in the open, addressed to no audience — a register of principles, not a person. It records what is held to, and the work that follows from it. The principles here are practised, not professed. The record looks back; the work points forward. What it becomes is shown, not announced.

CVSTOS
GUGG
BASE
MUC
RANGE
ZRH · NYC · DXB
SINCE
MMXXVI
Discipline is the
highest form of
self-respect.