Contradictions
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
... See moreThe heart is an organ of paradox: it empties and fills simultaneously.
Heart of Paradox
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.
Feel safe forgetting so you can forget and remember, simultaneously.
I yam ruled by honor
and its contradictions
"it's ironic that the world always asks for everything new and original and at the same time rejects anything that does not follow common patterns or rules"
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
There are no more tricks to play when the frightened mind and the seeking mind meet.