baja
@baja
baja
I’ve found myself wanting to get out of the liminal place I’ve been floating in — wanting it to be done already, wanting to arrive in clarity, wanting to feel more certain or sure about what I’m supposed to be doing and how I should be doing it. Part of me feels like this pressure to “get there” comes from the false belief that there is anywhere... See more
Lisa Olivera • Ten things, part five
Learning any language can entail the development of a different ‘way of seeing’ or quality of perception that was not expressed (and is as such ‘unknown’) within our own linguistic context. This ubiquitous truth of language learning – that ‘the limits of our language are the limits of our world’ – becomes even more demonstrably true when studying a... See more
Jacob Kyle • Demystifying Sanskrit
The Black Sun (Runica XXXVI) - acrylic gouache on paper. This is a revisit of my original dream rune that I painted a few months ago. The dream images I see are not static, and my understanding of them changes over time as well. This version is an exploration of the Black Sun symbol in alchemy, the dark portal of entry into the early stage of the... See more
Lisa Laughysubstack.com
Know that you are both intelligent and stupid, often in the same moment. Admit to what you desire and what you fear.
Thomas Moore • Dark Nights of the Soul
dark night and humor
Psychological interpretations of what I’m calling the dark nights tend to be based on research and lack fresh ideas. Religious interpretations are based on beliefs, and they tend to be highly slanted and moralistic. Political solutions are almost all ideological. You can’t even trust your friends to give you an objective picture because they have
... See more