Dea T.

Eros isn’t in the romance between Aphrodite and Adonis; nor in the jealousy or vengeance that surrounds Artemis. It is found in the beast, and yes, specifically the boar’s tusks—the tusks that pierced and killed that which it wanted to caress.

Twentieth-century philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas, described the caress as a “game with something slipping... See more

Collecting and archiving are ways to reclaim and own our attention—they are acts of meaning-making. These practices are rituals: habits and skills that demand time, patience, and a willingness to look beyond the surface.

To collect well is to resist algorithmic influence. A true collection reflects deeply personal values and a genuine desire to... See more

In point of fact, the intellect cannot justify the power of passion, and yet it naively considers itself obliged to deny that power. But in choosing to hear of other reasons but its own, the intellect errs; for it can go into the reasons of the heart if it so chooses, provided it does not insist on reducing them first to the calculation of reason.... See more