Molly Simpson
@spagmol
thinker, feeler, third-wheeler
collecting dots here, connecting them there ￬
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
"I am Me, and I hope to become Me more and more."
Letter to Rainer Maria Rilke (February 17, 1906)
selfhood is a continual process and making courageous, aligned choices each day is how you author your story
Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the noise of motors with just enough relief to prevent insanity? Who would want to live in a world which is just not quite fatal?
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
One hard thing about being a woman is trying to explain and understand that we mean it and should be listened to and that it’s best not to take anything too seriously. It’s why I am tempted to put a disclaimer at the header and footer of every Substack I ever write that says something along the lines of: this is an expression of a single moment in
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Murdoch saw beauty as a technology. A practice, a technique, for altering the world or the experience of the world.
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