Relationships
Alex Wittenberg and
Relationships
life’s lines of closeness. whew! this made me emotional.
Understanding Others' Emotions | Lisa Feldman Barrett
youtube.comA fantastic insight by Lisa Feldman Barrett: When someone expresses anxiety, the first thing you should do is ask: do you want empathy or do you want a solution?
Will 100% use this phrase going forward.
Our generation’s collective consciousness in regards to love is a complex/spoiled one. Through globalization and over-stimuli we are drowning in contradicting self-imposed subjective expectations and demands towards love.
To have → love.
To want → desire.
Imagination,... See more
gabriel • The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel
Reminds me of the the ‘In-Yun’ concept if it was applied inside of an existing relationship
ritualized, compulsive self-disclosure is not intimacy
it’s often a defense mechanism, one that masquerades as vulnerability but actually kills erotic charge, polarity, and mystery
shared experience, unspoken tension, and real-time attunement are the components of intimacy
it’s often a defense mechanism, one that masquerades as vulnerability but actually kills erotic charge, polarity, and mystery
shared experience, unspoken tension, and real-time attunement are the components of intimacy
Sebastian Ballister • Tweet
“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
Tara Skurtu • Tweet
Agotados de atravesar esos lugares de intensificación de la falta, algunos cuerpos van retirando su interés de lo sexual. Porque determinadas prácticas se nos imponen de forma ideológica, y no accedemos a menudo al tanteo y la duda como caminos de sublimación y conocimiento no discursivo, pasada la novedad en la que se despliega como movimiento de
... See moreA relationship, notably, is not an algorithm. It is a gestalt. Far be it from me to say that I’ve figured out what relationships really are or really mean, but I know there is an intangible force formed between the centres of people that sits beyond the limits of interpretation, that is larger than itself and both of you, that cannot be explained... See more