power of prose
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power of prose
When something stirs beneath reason. When you want something – or someone – without being able to explain why, and you choose to move toward it. That is the erotic decision. The moment that cracks open the script you have been given and offers you, terrifyingly, an alternative. Not necessarily better, certainly not safer.... but alive . And that is... See more
Tamara • Erotic Decisions
erotic decision is a beautiful thought
“When I was a child, luxury was fur coats, evening dresses and villas by the sea. Later on, I thought it meant living the life of an intellectual. Now I feel that it is also being able to live out a passion for a man or woman”
Simple Passion, Annie Ernaux
May we all be lost in the desires and the indignities of our hearts, drowning in all-consuming passion.
Ocean Vuong wrote that a metaphor should have both a logical and sensory connection between the origin image and the transforming image. At their best, metaphors can reorient the mind completely, even induce original sight.
Jasmine Wang 🌱 • Attending to the Other
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