Olivia Hughes
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Olivia Hughes
How could the same person take 15 hours to complete a shitty piece of writing that almost kills them and then one third of that time to complete a better version with almost no turmoil a week later? I could call this inconsistency an occupational hazard, but I think it’s much broader than that. Because I experience the same variation in my ability ... See more
Haley Nahman • #5: What if you just trusted yourself?
The inexplicability of the gut is probably why some people talk about it as if it’s mystical. But I think what we experience as a “gut feeling” is simply us at our most honest—proof that some tucked-away part of our brain remembers everything, not just what we want to remember, knows what’s true instead of what we want to be true, and understands w... See more
Haley Nahman • #5: What if you just trusted yourself?
And so, while language is necessary, it does a disservice to reality. In attempting to describe the indescribable, words constrain reality. Through simplifications, generalizations, and connotations they mischaracterize and water it down. They fail to capture the complexity, uniqueness, and dynamism of life. And as a result, we never truly see, und... See more
The Pursuit
It is true I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.
Barbara Kingsolver • The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel
“Well, we use words to communicate, right? Still, most of our words don’t actually get across. You know what I mean? Well, our words might, but not what we’re actually trying to say. That’s what we’re always dealing with. We live in this place, in this world, where we can share our words but not our thoughts.
Mieko Kawakami • Breasts and Eggs
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw