core intellectual pursuits: philosophy
The most anti-capitalist protest is to care for another and to care for yourself. To take on the historically feminized and therefore invisible practice of nursing, nurturing, caring.
To take seriously each other’s vulnerability and fragility and precarity, and to support it, honor it, empower it. To protect each other, to enact and practice
... See moreAs we navigate this strange and anxious world, choosing joy becomes more than a personal act of resilience – it becomes a radical gesture of hope. In an era where cynicism so often masquerades as wisdom, the decision to remain constructive, to trust in human potential, is itself a quiet but powerful form of resistance.
318 / Fighting cynicism, choosing joy
Joy is a form of rebellion in a system that profits from fear
They live in us, but even more importantly, we live in them. We can, therefore, find them by going inward (to our own dreams, fantasies, and often actions as well) or by going outward (to myth, legend, art, literature, and religion, and, as pagan cultures often did, to the constellations of the sky and the birds and animals of the earth). Thus,
... See moreCarol Pearson • Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World
Jung has demonstrated that myths and fairy tales are symbolic manifestations of the unconscious, just as dreams are. In a sense they are the collective dreams of the human race: They reflect the collective unconscious of a tribe, a people, or a culture rather than the local, personal unconscious of one individual.
Robert A. Johnson • Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth
Gardening is simply a framework for engagement with our world, grounded in care, action and intimacy with place. To garden is to care deeply, inclusively and audaciously for the world outside our homes and our heads. It’s a way of being that is intimately interwoven with the real truths of existence—not the things we’re told to value (money,... See more
Georgina Reid • Audacious Gardening: On Daring to Care - Wonderground
gardening as a way to enhance the mind, body, spirit, and connect with the outter world.
creativity is really an act of devotion to that which is creating us.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
what a beautiful philosophy
What if the ‘negative’ emotions aren’t wrong, but totally in their own right? What if they have something essential to communicate to us and each other,
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
negativity is a prompt for deeper exploration of self