Clark Haaland

Teresa of Avila writes: “ This Beloved of ours is merciful and good. Besides, he so deeply longs for our love that he keeps calling us to come closer. This voice of his is so sweet that the poor soul falls apart in the face of her own inability to instantly do whatever he asks of her.”

“God whispers: “I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you.”

- Teresa of Avila, Spanish mystic and Carmelite nun of the 1500s

“You have created us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”

-St. Augustine of Hippo, 4th Century African Bishop

“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.”

-Brother Lawrence, Carmelite monk of the 1600s France

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God.”

-Soren Kierkegaard, Danish theologian and philosopher of the 1800s

We are broken things, amongst other broken things. We are imperfect and characterised by our capacity to fuck things up, yet still we can move incrementally towards the greater good. This serves as grounds for both self-forgiveness and hope, and reflects our inherent human loveliness.

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Collecting and archiving are ways to reclaim and own our attention—they are acts of meaning-making. These practices are rituals: habits and skills that demand time, patience, and a willingness to look beyond the surface.

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