Olivia Caruso
@equanimity
Olivia Caruso
@equanimity
i am devoted to finding ways to soothe myself and learn more about myself outside of weed
Authentic play comes from deep down inside us. It’s not formed or motivated solely by others. Real play interacts with and involves the outside world, but it fundamentally expresses the needs and desires of the player. It emerges from the imaginative force within. That’s part of the adaptive power of play: with a pinch of pleasure, it integrates
... See moreIf you actually listen to what your body (not your mind) wants, you’ll discover that it doesn’t want three weeks of hot fudge sundaes despite the panting and salivating that is evoked at their very mention. In addition to your body’s need for foods other than cream and fudge, there is also the fact that the moment you tell yourself you can have it,
... See moreremove the taboo from your craving and it becomes less enticing?
And numbing vulnerability is especially debilitating because it doesn’t just deaden the pain of our difficult experiences; numbing vulnerability also dulls our experiences of love, joy, belonging, creativity, and empathy. We can’t selectively numb emotion. Numb the dark and you numb the light.
you can’t numb some
i want stillness from boredom
resilience can feel frustrating. frustration can be learning. frustration can be an uncomfortable growth.
Story of Your Life- Ted Chiang Thoughts
it has been a few days since i read this but maybe thats better to gwt a somewhat lasting impression of my thoughts of it. what sticks out most is its relation to my thoughts on time and how humans perceive it. how we look at it like a chronological timeline but whos to say it exists like that? when we exist
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my personal ruminations
#theoverstory #equanimity #grief
i feel a strange tranquility now. maybe the tranquility was numbness orstunnedness. hell is a feeling and its the feeling of being perceived. of wut i think they think abt me and inescapably feeling defined by it. i was scared to ride a lime scooter. was a woman of the 19th century scared to
... See moreThe Quilters- Netflix
Here are my thoughts on this short documentary.
Im a few minutes in. The care and detail that the people have is amazing. I don’t know how to reference the people who are in the movie but they are prisoners at level 5 security prison. They quilt. They care about the craft of quilting. And it’s so much math! The dimensions of
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