moments live forever now, distilled and bottled into pixels- so they never exist fully (existence has a start and end) we engrave captions on tombstones of graveyards of memories. but most life happens between discrete points in time. bottling moments is an art form that approximates the essence of the moment but approximations are never … Continue reading digital moments
be an unbendable vector to those forces external to yourself experience is, in the end, the sum total of of everything and what the pages of your book are written of when all things are said and done people will remember how you made them feel we hold mirrors for each other and these reflections … Continue reading freeform 8.3.22
The mind has weather, Different people go through different seasons, The rain clouds and the rainbows both pass by eventually, making way for each other. Help people on their rainy days. Recognize them in yourself and stay and watch TV, order in food. You will need their help soon too. Learn the art of asking … Continue reading the mind & weather
Walking around Kodi lake, eating mountain passionfruit Founders Garden UGA Rest intervals during rowing After a YouTube video ends (Alan Watts, Eckhart Tolle, Bill Gates, poetry videos by ilneas) The roof of The Flats Watching the waves at a beach under the shade of an umbrella The glowing amber embers of a dying campfire, after … Continue reading thinking spots
world feels off right now so we drink wine and imagine the world we want to create
learning that plans are important to get the ship out of port, but being a good sailor is knowing how to navigate storms and surges learning that experience is not measured in the number of successes, but the hours spent resolving failures learning how to keep my head down, voice soft, and put in the … Continue reading progress
Mt. Vesuvius, Italy We are not continuous The perceived continuity between our present and past versions self is a burden we do not need to carry It is an illusion Be always on the edge, as the critical point in a chemical reaction "You've changed" "Yes" You do not owe rationale to anyone Not even … Continue reading on continuity & development
Cooking is music, really Ingredients are notes on the staff, recipes are chords, and the plate is silence Symphonies on the tongue of life and spice Respect the ingredients and understand them, there's history there Written in love
[To a future version of myself, I want to remind you how this feels right now.] I have never been so distant from myself before. The heart is a sensitive thing. Often said that empathy is a strength but, it hurts to feel everything at a point in time where I'm still figuring out myself. … Continue reading 2020
we like to think of it as a happy ballad but life is sad poetry because even the brightest flowers wither and even the wisest trees rot (but find the beauty in this)
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