Growing Up

“There is no separation from the sacred and mundane.”

real things come from that weird place.  a place of great specificity  we are all our own beautiful island universes

The thing that surprises you is what frees you because it has always existed, your world just hadn't yet expanded to include it

Dust down old ideas and place them in a new context — Richard Van Der Laken

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”

―Franz Kafka

“Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.” ― Warsan Shire

You grow as big as the space you’re in. — Mike Maughan in conversation with Angela Duckworth in No Stupid Questions

If you hold your hand closed, nothing good can come in. The open hand is blessed, for it gives in abundance, even as it receives.

— Biddy Mason

We have everything we need right inside us to transform and change. ⁠

unlearning-exercises.pdf — Are.na

“Play is the ultimate expression of freedom for its own sake.”  — David Graeber

instead of chasing our egos,  we need to slow down and follow ourselves back to our origin.  and sit. for a long time.

Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.

—James Hillman

“at each step, do what feels most clear and alive“