Metaphors
by Tijn Tjoelker · updated 8d ago
Metaphors
Tijn Tjoelker added 8d ago
Slime Mould
- this isn't how I planned for my life to look like," I whispered under my breath as I walked to my car "tell me about it," an eavesdropping cloud replied to me from above I looked up and watched the cloud billow between looking like a dove and an open hand the cloud continued: "I used to be a snowfield in Montana. I used to be a dewdrop kiss o... See more
Tijn Tjoelker added 19d ago
- " Square peg in a round hole " is an idiomatic expression which describes the unusual individualist who could not fit into a niche of their society.
from Square peg in a round hole by Irving Wallace
Tijn Tjoelker added 1mo ago
Squircular | Procrustean bed
Often, in a room of people eager to address and solve the world’s many crises, I am gripped by a panicky sadness. The beauty of the intention to solve these many crises is earnest. Still, the attempted actions are placed in abstracted perceptions that do not meet the rich undercurrents of the situations.
from Combining by Nora Bateson
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Tijn Tjoelker added 1mo ago
The ouroboros in its original Egyptian context symbolised repetition, renewal, and the eternal cycle of time.
- you’re not writing by yourself. There is a multiplicity of beings who are co-authoring your work.
Whatever you are writing — however academic or poetic, practical or abstract — let in otherness into your creative process.
By opening our writing habits towards newness and unpredictability, we can find that there’s so much more written at the end. Ri... See morefrom From Garden to Wild Herbal Meadow by Rūta Žemčugovaitė
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- Your writing prunes ideas in my mind. My writing prunes ideas in your mind.
We visit each other’s psychic gardens—we get nourished, healed, awakened, and mutually directed at growth.from From Garden to Wild Herbal Meadow by Rūta Žemčugovaitė
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- Headwater is a portal
Every river has a headwater, a watering hole somewhere high up.
A place where a water stream emerges onto the surface of the Earth.
Many ancient cultures have seen these places as sacred, places of healing and vision.
Where is your Headwater ?
Your own river collects itself like an underground cloud and starts dripping upwards, ... See morefrom Headwaters: 6-Week Course on Writing and Regenerating Your Creative Prowess by Rūta Žemčugovaitė
Tijn Tjoelker added 1mo ago
Mindfulness helps you release the tension of your habit energy — like loosening a crossbow.
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