Renee De Four
@reneedefour
Renee De Four
Writer builds backyard mountain cottage as personal space
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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
— Pat Barker
Agnes Bernice Martin was born on March 22, 1912.
Excerpt From Agnes Martin, Nancy Princenthal
he and Beauvoir decided that their love did not require marriage for its consummation.
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🌀 Agnes Martin - My Rabbit Hole of Exploration
Here is the answer to the question I asked in the first post. Agnes Martin discovered that painting was all she needed to be fulfilled in this life. I wonder at what age in life did she discover this? Was it an innate knowing or did she struggle?
I envy people like this who know what their “thing” is. I’m 30 years old and it frustrates me deeply that I don’t have a strong affiliation with one thing. Whether that’s writing, or reading, painting or playing an instrument. I’m starting to wonder if I need to try new things?
What I do enjoy - building workflows with digital tools, solving problems by creating systems does not feel like an artistic thing!
I can build and perfect a Notion or Tana workflow for hours until a solution is found but something feels like it’s missing. Maybe it’s because it’s not tangible like painting?
I don’t know but I think I need to pick up pottery - maybe that will be my thing.
Update 1/4/25 9:15 pm - This quote also reminds me of Hirayama from Perfect Days. He too discovered something far more precious than material accumulation.
“I want to remind you of something I've talked about before, which is when you sit down at your computer to get work done, to work on your business, I don't want you to work, I want you to play. In that first pocket of time, when you're most energized and you've practically just woken up, instead of using that optimal energy to look at your to-do
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