"IF ONE ADVANCES CONFIDENTLY IN THE DIRECTION OF HIS DREAMS, AND ENDEAVORS TO LIVE THE LIFE WHICH HE HAS IMAGINED, HE WILL MEET WITH A SUCCESS UNEXPECTED IN COMMON HOURS." - Henry David Thoreau

Cut a chrysalis open and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly… No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay.

— Pat Barker

Not being caught up and controlled by trends, political narratives, hunger, momentary pain, other peoples' opinions, comfort.

The more you are controlled, the less autonomy you own.

The less autonomy, the less fulfilment.