poetic concepts 🥝

brain food for art thought

you should read the word “I” as a name for a sort of collective of people that meets up in me. I try to keep that in mind all the time.

someone said that we should stop saying that songs make us cry and start saying that they let us cry, which I think is beautiful.

"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out." - Ray Bradbury

The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings the past and the future are not as real, but more real than the present.

— Alan Watts

After a lifetime working at mattering, I realized I had under-invested in what really mattered: Relationships.

Ev Williams • Making “Social” Social Again

So, to create something truly alive and nourishing, we must be willing to immerse ourselves in the rich, fertile soil of our own humanity – the depths of our emotions, experiences, and connections to the world around us.

Steyn Viljoen • Beautiful, boring, and without soul 🕌

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