Maria Potoroczyn
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Maria Potoroczyn
I annotated my friend’s book manuscript with scribbles on every page. She annotated mine with a single note: This needs to be better. She trusted that I would know what to do, and I did.
Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments
I don’t love writing; I love having a problem I believe I might someday write my way out of.
Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments
There is no heaven for newthings. There is no Hall of Fame. There is only memory and change. Nothing (the opposite of newthing) and no one are immune. The goal of newthing is to live as long as possible while staying true. To do this, newthing must counterintuitively accept that one day it will die. If newthing accepts the certainty of death, howev
... See moreYou have to speak from the diaphragm. That’s the only way that your words carry, is when you give them strength. Belief begins in the body.
If you stand in traffic, it will stop. It’s still a gamble. The cars have places to be, you’re an obstacle, an obstruction to their daily flow. But if you stand there, with confidence, they might pause and slow ... See more
If you stand in traffic, it will stop. It’s still a gamble. The cars have places to be, you’re an obstacle, an obstruction to their daily flow. But if you stand there, with confidence, they might pause and slow ... See more
Parenthood likewise forces an encounter with the illogic of the market: good fortune means getting to pay someone less than you make to do a job that’s harder and probably more important than your own.
Jia Tolentino • Can Motherhood Be a Mode of Rebellion?
Everything I’ve experienced in my life thus far has been my purpose, and that a sense of purpose is no further away than the next inhale or blink. This revelation was a relief. I felt myself put down the weight of needing absolute clarity on life direction and certainty that I’m doing the right things.
There’s no way to get any of this wrong.
There’s no way to get any of this wrong.
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Kelly Wilde Miller • A Year of Being Wild & on Purpose
Nature has designed various rhythms and cycles. Your heartbeat consists of contraction and recovery. Animals hibernate and migrate according to the season. Sproutlings and plants rest during the winter before shooting out again in spring. Some plants, such as Proteas, have seeds with hard shells that require mortality—the heat from fire—to break op... See more
Coffee is a stimulant. But what exactly does it “stimulate”? How can we use this boost or stimulation to improve our meditation practice? And what practice works best?
I’ll approach these questions from a neurophenomenological and computational perspective, rather than a biochemical one. The latter is a horse dead-beaten. And my intention with this ... See more
I’ll approach these questions from a neurophenomenological and computational perspective, rather than a biochemical one. The latter is a horse dead-beaten. And my intention with this ... See more