i am a prototype
a practice of being a work-in-progress person
i am a prototype
This body will expire. You do not know when. There is no backup. Please do something tender with the time.
Terms and Conditions for Occupying Your Flesh Prison
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This body will expire. You do not know when. There is no backup. Please do something tender with the time.
Being alive takes time.
Mark Nepo • The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Maggie Rogers - Commencement Speech - NYU Tisch School of the Arts 2025
youtube.comAs you cultivate your faith in who you are, remember: Mistakes are not proof that you’re bad at your job. False starts and dead ends are not proof that you’re a fuck up. Fear and anxiety and awkwardness are not proof that you don’t belong in the workplace, don’t belong in your friend group, don’t belong in this fucked up world. These are all proof
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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.
I am porous to the world, a kind of joyful sponge for the affectations and interests of the people I love. It has been the work of my life to build slightly firmer boundaries around myself so that I can figure out where I end and the people I love begin.