Mia de Fleurac
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Mia de Fleurac
It is a cruel and fundamentally inhuman tragedy that the culture has convinced so many of us that we must be healed in isolation, because being surrounded by people — people who love us, or care for us, or are willing to sit in the same room with us while we clean up our messes — is about the only way that I, for one, have ever been able to get... See more
rayne fisher-quann • no good alone - by rayne fisher-quann - internet princess no good alone
isolation
unless I stop and actually write about it and put my own words to it, I'm not going to make it into my body and become part of my, I'm not going to be transformed by it. I want to be changed by life. I want to grow and change all the time. I want to be affected by life.
Somehow, by writing, I can lower the barrier and let more of reality in and be... See more
Somehow, by writing, I can lower the barrier and let more of reality in and be... See more
What solitude gives you is an opportunity to study what personal curiosity feels like in its undiluted form, free from the interference of other considerations. Being familiar with the character of this feeling makes it easier to recognize if you are reacting to the potential in the work you are doing in a genuinely personal way, or if you are... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born
The zone is a place at the margin of society.
Henrik Karlsson • Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born
not sure where to write this, but this piece made me think of how in my first year of isolation, I achieved “neutrality” towards my work (unaffected by feedback) and confident in whatever is was (not judging it as good or bad but just necessary), partly because of this state of isolation. I was in the mental state described here, and I think this is partly what I chase his isolation –freedom from norms and conventions, safety for my larval ideas, immunity from perception. The return to perception was a shock that broke me out of this rhythm completely.
The Knight: As you know, I am afraid of emptiness, desolation and stillness. I cannot bear the silence and isolation.
Death: Emptiness is a mirror turned to your own face.
Henrik Karlsson • Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born
The solution is to radically build up your awareness through the very way you perceive the scroll state.
mindfulness as remedy
Martyrdom feels entirely at odds with the self-optimizing solitude you see advertised by Instagram infographics and Twitter therapists — if you relate to one of the two phenomena, you likely feel completely repulsed by the other — but I think they are far more like mirror images than opposites. Both strategies rely on the fantasy that isolation can... See more
