resonance
someone said that we should stop saying that songs make us cry and start saying that they let us cry, which I think is beautiful.
Resonance is feeling understood. It is improvization, banter, a jamming session. You’re playing music with others and they are building on it.
Shreyas Hariharan • The Goal is Resonance | Shreyas Hariharan
Resonance, as a form of action bound in (noninstrumental) relationships, must confess that there are elements of reality that are nongiven and cannot be possessed. Resonance is a form of action that centers on connection, solely for the sake of connection.
Andrew Root • Churches and the Crisis of Decline
Nix • the delight of specificity
resonance is felt. You feel connected and therefore alive. There is emotion to resonance, but there is also affection. It’s not just feeling something that matters. Because this is a form of action, we must be drawn to something. This being drawn to something is engendered by affection. Resonance is a form of action that is moved by affection.
Andrew Root • Churches and the Crisis of Decline
He knows He can’t reach everyone through the same methods, so He meets you in a way you can understand
if you’re naturally funny, He puts you in situations that, in hindsight, are so absurd you can’t help but laugh
if you’re analytical, He shows up as patterns. coincidences that line up too cleanly... See more