Jams
@juno
Black, 07, 2026
Jams
The opposite of communion is also useful to me. When I am with others, when I read books, when I look at Twitter—I feel like a dam filling with water, with potential energy. But it is usually not until I spend a long time alone in my head that it turns into kinetic energy.
Henrik Karlsson • On Having More Interesting Ideas
“ When a gem is made, it's for a reason. They burst out of the ground already knowing what they're supposed to be and that's what they are. Forever.. But you! You're supposed to change, you're never the same even moment to moment- you're allowed and expected to invent who you are.. what an incredible power; the ability to grow up “ - Rose Quartz
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The capacity you have has a lot to do with the things you do and do not do, and vice versa
Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect
- Will Guidara, unreasonable hospitality
“everyone wants to be a DJ and no one wants to dance” has political implications that are worth mentioning. in general, we are taught to value authority over community
Dani Offlinesubstack.comKeep your distance from people who've made being wronged their identity. They're not looking for solutions, they're recruiting.
We don’t give other people credit for the same interior complexity we take for granted in ourselves, the same capacity for holding contradictory feelings in balance, for complexly alloyed affections, for bottomless generosity of heart and petty, capricious malice. We can’t believe that anyone could be unkind to us and still be genuinely fond of us,... See more