Connection
Jennifer Baez and
Connection
Not only are we failing to consider other species, we are flailing in our connection with one another.
Erica Berry • ‘Playing animal’ reflects back our yearnings and repulsions | Aeon Essays
Astronaut Scott Kelly on intelligence:
“The smartest person in the room, I’ve learned, is usually the person who knows how to tap into the intelligence of every person in the room.”
Oscar Wilde, on bad reply game:
"A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company."
"A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company."
Visakan Veerasamy • Tweet
Humans aren’t meant to excavate their inner feelings until they find their “true self.” We become ourselves in relation, not through introspection.
Laura London on Substack
Human Interactions/Relationships & Connections
MargaretC and • 10 cards
Browsing the internet with another person. Different from an interview in that you see 2 people browsing and discussing at the same time.
Without synchrony and the deeper forms of connection that lie beyond it, we may be at greater risk for mental instability and poor physical health. With synchrony and other levels of neural interaction, humans teach and learn, forge friendships and romances, and cooperate and converse. We are driven to connect, and synchrony is one way our brains
... See more“People think that intimacy is about sex. Intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you can stand in front of them bare and their response is ‘you’re safe with me’- that’s intimacy” Adi Shakti