Interesting reflections by others

Harmony, Ryu emphasizes, is not the same thing as unification. The work of harmonization is far from simple. We are thrown into a world that is beautifully troubled and always in flux . It is plural. It is differentiated. There are no perfect solutions, simple fixes, final destinations.

We think we tell stories, but stories often tell us, tell us to love or to hate, to see or be blind. Often, too often, stories saddle us, ride us, whip us onward, tell us what to do, and we do it without questioning. The task of learning to be free requires learning to hear them, to question them, to pause and to hear silence, to name them, and the

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And silence is one of the great victims of modern culture. We live in an intense and visually aggressive age; everything is drawn outwards towards the sensation of the image. Because culture is becoming ever more homogenized and universalist, image has such power. With the continued netting of everything, chosen images can immediately attain univer

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Silence is not just the absence of noise but the presence of truth.

It’s what’s true to you, while knowing it most probably will be true for someone else.

This way we articulate and materialize states of being into a written form, translating and mirroring these unspoken ideas for those who need that articulation.

Let your body help articulate what mind cannot.

The best writing prompt for when I'm stuck is simply "be more honest".

Defining time well spent for yourself is one of the most important tasks of going day to day in this life.

I heard on a Peloton ride (Jess King): It isn’t that no matter what you do that I will love you. I will love you no matter how I FEEL. And that is the hard, important work.