Thoughts I Return To

Focus as a thing we have v. Focus as something we do

On responding to tension with tension vs. ease

I can’t hold on to water if I clench my fist.

The only way for me to contain it is to open my palm, and have it move through me.

“I knew I was getting somewhere when I began losing interest in the beginnings and the ends of things.”

-Sarah Manguso

“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.” ― John Cage

Normalize saying “I don’t know enough about the topic to be able to comment.”

– @Alice@beige.party

I despise the kind of book which tells you how to live, how to make yourself happy.

Trust the fear

Tending to your system is meant to be exploratory

"Ok, it's fiction... but it brings me closer to reality". La Chinoise (1967)

A rainy day comes as a relief. Rain is your pass to stay inside, to retreat. It's cozy and safe, hanging out on this side of the gray. But then the sun comes out in the afternoon, and there's disappointment, even fear, because the world will now resume, and it expects your participation. People will get dressed and leave their houses and go places