Michelle Pellizzon
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Michelle Pellizzon
Myths are an essential part of this ‘making of humans’ — they contextualise our existence and give us psychological coherence.
Alexander Beiner • Traversing the Underworld: What Myth can Teach us During the Pandemic
Why did humans evolve with religion, with the capacity to experience spiritual ecstasy, to deeply feel that there is this Whole? Because it was rewarded, it worked and continued. Why? Because of the Actuality. We need to grasp and grapple with our environment — its strange ways and our lack of ultimate control.
Sonya Mann • What is God?
Creativity has two parts:- Creative discovery mode: shuffling things around, exploring. Playful.- Implementation mode: creating something robust and concrete.- Revisit the work the next day in an alert state and assess whether it is ready for linear implementation.
Andrew Huberman • Optimize Your Learning & Creativity with Science-based Tools
the best stories to tell are the ones that have been told over and over again, and the stories of competitive mimesis and of deification followed by scapegoating are the oldest and best of all
Byrne Hobart • Manias and Mimesis: Applying René Girard’s Mimetic Theory to Financial Bubbles
Well, I heard they invented coffee so Sufi poets could stay awake all night having mystical experiences and writing poetry and now we just drink it to get through the day.
Sarah Ruhl • Becky Nurse of Salem
Novelist and mystic Romaine Rolland says, “There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.”
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw