The sublime feeling
Feeling insignificant, at awe, inspired, fearful, and respectful towards nature and life
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The sublime feeling
Robert Greene On The Concept Of "The Sublime"
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What goes too long unchanged destroys itself. The forest is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.
Sometimes it's harder, sometimes there are moments where you're like, man, I really wish I could escape this moment and go check Instagram or something, but instead I'm just going to sit here and my kid's crying and dinner's terrible because the kids are just being total jerks and I'm tired and not feeling great and my wife is upset because she's h... See more
J.E. Petersen • Uncomfortable on Purpose
J.E. Petersen on what it feels like to resist the impulse to check your phone
When you take a hike and you feel a sense of awe at everything that you're seeing, you're experiencing the sublime. In most of life, this sense of “smallness” is experienced as a humiliation. But the sense of smallness in the presence of the sublime has an oddly uplifting effect.
I love the idea of coming face to face with our cosmic insignificance ... See more
I love the idea of coming face to face with our cosmic insignificance ... See more
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Sari perfectly captures sublime (the feeling)
Have you ever felt awe and exhilaration while contemplating a vista of jagged, snow-capped mountains? Or been fascinated but also a bit unsettled while beholding a thunderous waterfall such as Niagara? Or felt existentially insignificant but strangely exalted while gazing up at the clear, starry night sky? If so, then you’ve had an experience of wh
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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Casper David Friedrich
from Eileen Myles:
I hope there’s mystery and poetry in your life—not even poems, but patterns. I hope you can see them. Often these patterns will wake you up, and you will know that you are alive, again and again.
Cultivating Awe
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