Aliveness

musings on the feeling of aliveness + what makes people feel alive and in touch with their humanity

Like the tiger, we dream of the savannah, the rainforest and the mangrove swamp. We want to hunt and fuck and bask in the sun. We want to climb trees and drink from freshwater streams. We want to pursue our true calling and live to our full potential. I believe this desire is in every one of us. And when it’s suppressed long enough, we rebel.

Jonathan Carson • A Call to Rebellion: A New Story About Depression

Stuart Evans

What I really think good writing does: It enlivens that part of us that actually believes we are in this world, right now, and that being here somehow matters.

-George Saunders

sari

It is your aliveness that matters. Perhaps it is the only thing that matters. If any method is not getting you closer to that fundamental expression of a aliveness that method is not really serving you regardless of how strong or old it's practices;

Bree x.com

Stuart Evans