Contradictions
We like to think of it as the work of singular geniuses whose motivations are purely creative and untainted by the market — this, despite the fact that music, publishing, and film have always been for-profit industries where formulaic, churned-out work is what often sells best.
Rebecca Jennings • Everybody Has to Self-Promote Now. Nobody Wants To.
I yam ruled by honor
and its contradictions
We’re highly attuned to contradictions, I think. You might say they make us who we are. Even our attitude to contradictions is contradictory - we indulge our own but deny others the right to any.
The heart is an organ of paradox: it empties and fills simultaneously.
Heart of Paradox
You're under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.
Love and kiss your contradictions. Evolve.
They’ll tell you, you need to be kind and forthright and aggressive and meditative and a free spirit and dependable and cautious and not be pushed around and live free or die and be helpful and put your own gas mask on first and be spiritual and religious and empirical and scientific and hate this and vault that and play to your talents and always
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Feel safe forgetting so you can forget and remember, simultaneously.
I spy on myself and watch my reactions
Sometimes I don't approve, sometimes I don't approve
Sometimes I don't approve, sometimes I don't approve
Reaction
something i’ve been ruminating in is the difficult to express yourself when the artistic constraint you hold paramount (in my case, anonymity) is at odds with the thing you currently dominating your consciousness (grief, healing)
feel this