Authenticity
What does it mean for something to be 'authentic'?
Keely Adler and
Authenticity
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
Dylano | Essayful • Tweet
learning how to write was very much like learning how to live: it all begins by listening to your inner voice and honoring it.
Living is as much a craft as is writing. There are rules and frameworks one can follow, but ultimately, one must define and cultivate one’s own style.
Living is as much a craft as is writing. There are rules and frameworks one can follow, but ultimately, one must define and cultivate one’s own style.
Ashley Zhang • Surrender control over your stories
To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
Funeral inspo. But also life inspiration. Hold space for inconveniences. Show up raw. Give space to the ugly versions of you so they can live and die.
The original poem this piece is built on is called ‘Tract’ - written by William Carlos William (whose work was a muse for the film Paterson).