lili
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lili
“I have a practice of keeping online ‘notebooks.’ But before I arrived to this helpful metaphor, I felt this intense pressure to have a ‘single place online where all my writing exists.’ Once I decided this didn’t need to be true for me, and that my writing was actually better because it was formed in a particular and specific world, I was able to... See more
instagram.comWhy write.
Limerence
A wise old owl lived in an oak,
The more he saw the less he spoke,
The less he spoke, the more he heard,
Why aren’t we all like that old bird?
Collaborative Fund • Lazy Work, Good Work
Here’s a dream for you
The older I grow, the more convinced I become that commitment generates a kind of experiential wealth that can't be brute-forced into existence. There's this fascinating fractal effect that occurs, where constraint transmutes into focus, revealing layers of complexity a dabbler would miss entirely. It's not a limitation, because even that word... See more
Sindhu Shivaprasad • commitment is an act of agency
“The ability to go anywhere in our imagination is a pure expression of individual freedom. It is a creative force that can help us transcend reality.” - Esther Perel p.155
protection doesn’t have to mean withdrawal.
instagram.com • Psalm 27:1-2 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the
In the words of neuroscientist Gregory Berns, “only when you consciously confront your brain’s reliance on categories will you be able to imagine outside of its boundaries.” Venturing out of the mind’s perimeter of comfort, in a constant quest for the unknown, liminal creators keep on fueling their imagination by exploring the gray areas that live... See more