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Gisele Pélicot said she had recognised only one of her alleged rapists, a man who had come to discuss cycling with her husband at their home. “I saw him now and then in the bakery; I would say hello. I never thought he’d come and rape me,” she said.
The person those entries were about hasn’t crossed my mind in months. But, at the moment, it was potent. It was real to me. Now? I couldn’t even tell you what the color of their eyes were. Isn't that just the most 20-something, melodramatic moment of intensity? Where it feels like both nothing and everything matters? I live, live, live for that.
Harry Lada • Someone Break My Heart PLEASE!!!!!!!
‘The rituals of eating,’ Sarah Wigglesworth wrote in 2002, ‘played out on the plane of the dining table are similar to the rituals of domestic life.’ These drawings of a dining table before (top), during (centre), and after (bottom) a meal, drawn by Wigglesworth, explore how the relationship between diners around a table can be compared to the interactions between occupants in the home.
The path isn’t a straight line; it’s a spiral. You continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deeper truths.
Truthfulness: Much More Than Not Telling Lies. ~ Barry H. Gillespie | elephant journal
Totalitarianism took freedom from people, Lifton noted. But it gave them something in return: It freed them from freedom.
For the ordinary person in a totalitarian system, facts and truth are all provided. Explanations for observations are provided. Meaning is provided. Everything is cut-and-dried. Clear answers. An important struggle between good g... See more
For the ordinary person in a totalitarian system, facts and truth are all provided. Explanations for observations are provided. Meaning is provided. Everything is cut-and-dried. Clear answers. An important struggle between good g... See more
The question is not whether women have permission to forego longstanding marriages and relationships to pursue a regular churn of sexual and romantic partners, in an effort to achieve real satisfaction and happiness. The answer to that was already yes. The more relevant question is, will the women who attempt this actually achieve satisfaction and ... See more
There’s this old Yiddish proverb that says, “Der mentsh trakht un Got lakh.” In English, it translates to: Man plans, God laughs.
New Year, New Me, New Job, New City.
"When everything is readily available and consumable, contemplative attention is impossible." (Byung-Chal Han, Vita Contemplativa)