everything is a conversation
notes on being in constructive dialogue with reality, instead of staying mired in delusional rigidity
everything is a conversation
Woodworking is brutal. It's painfully slow to learn and very unforgiving. But the sheer act of jumping blindly into a new creative field as a novice really opened up my eyes. You'd be surprised how quickly designing a simple bench will lead you into existential questions about the nature of "sitting."
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“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
-Terry Pratchett
“Nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence.”
-Octavia Butler
Have faith: whatever the goal, the universe will provide lessons. Those lessons will either contain the growth to make you strong enough to accomplish the goal, or the wisdom to see a better goal.
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“All life is meeting.”
-Martin Buber
One of the most reliable ways to feel more connected to life is to continually notice how much of experience is happening outside of your control
Alex Olshonskyx.comchoosing a side only feels good because it allows the mind to re-right itself into certainty while suppressing the fear of not knowing.