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This haiku is a deep reflection on the truth of reality, which is by nature transient and fleeting. When we are unable to accept this truth we become distressed. However, recognition of this truth could at least bring a sense of poignancy to all of us human beings, who inevitably experience and witness it. There is even an aesthetic of this
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Tara Brach • Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of R.A.I.N.
“Nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence.”
-Octavia Butler
to represent eros as deferred, defied, obstructed, hungry, organized around a radiant absence—to represent eros as lack.
Anne Carson • Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay (Princeton Classics)
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Sabaa Tahir • A Torch Against the Night
Greed—the repeated cry of “Encore!” to, say, rich black coffee or extra-creamy queso—may transform a Pleasure of Appreciation into a Pleasure of Need, draining out of it all the lasting enjoyment.