Spying on myself
Getting to know me from a distance
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Spying on myself
Finding what’s behind me
Making space for the inbetween
we meet the self through exchanging with Others.
What if the notion of ‘Others’ goes beyond humans - and gives room for the environment to be a mirror in which a self is discovered?
sometimes you catch yourself being exactly who you are.
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“In order to be one, you must first be two”- Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity
The gift of fantasy over knowledge
Show me to me
Moral letters to Lucilius/Letter 28 - Wikisource, the free online library
en.m.wikisource.orgRaw reminder
The reason which set you wandering is ever at your heels. What pleasure is there in seeing new lands? Or in surveying cities and spots of interest? All your bustle is useless. Do you ask why such flight does not help you? It is because you flee along with yourself. You must lay aside the burdens of the mind; until you do this, no place will satisfy you. Reflect that your present behaviour is like that of the prophetess whom Vergil describes: she is excited and goaded into fury, and contains within herself much inspiration that is not her own: