self renewal
explorations in how individuals and institutions can adapt, evolve, and renew their sense of vitality when they become stagnant.
self renewal
if you're trying to slay Moloch in any realm other than the territory of the human heart, you're gonna fail over, and over
you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail
you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail
River Kenna • Tweet
The first step to a transformed world (or a transformed life) is a tough one: we have to give up our ideas of what the transformation looks like. To surrender our visions of preferred outcomes. Trust me, whatever actual transformation comes out of living with Reality day by day, it’s going to be much better than whatever plans your current ego has ... See more
River Kenna • Destabilization & the Frequency of Values
“The first springs of great events, like those of great rivers, are often mean and little.” -Jonathan Swift
A single, truly empowered individual can counterbalance the inertia of thousands who remain stuck in fear, anger, or shame.
That individual is Danny DeVito.
That individual is Danny DeVito.
Paul Staples on Substack
"There is a point beyond which we cannot return. That is the point that must be reached." —Franz Kafka
Henrik Karlsson • Tweet
life is heavy enough without you adding your own self-seriousness to it, you've got to learn to take yourself lightly, life falls into place after that
Dylano on Substack
I've found that my clients' discontents are often rooted in an unmet longing for wildness, mystery, and a meaningful engagement with the world.
- Bill Plotkin
- Bill Plotkin
River Kenna • Tweet
the art feels alive to the extent that the artist felt alive