In Relation To

<n>Couple</n>, a stone sculpture by artist <n>Pauline Claude</n>.

The oil on canvas painting <n>A Brief Moment</n> from the <n>This is Now</n> exhibition at <n>UNIT</n>.

The phrase 'Life is people' from a song by musician <n>Bill Fay</n>.

Photo by <n>Tyler Mitchell</n> for <n>Vogue</n> featuring models <n>Anok Yai</n>, <n>Adut Akech</n>, and <n>Ugbad Abdi</n>.

<n>La mécanique des couples</n> by photographer <n>Gilbert Garcin</n>.

The illustration <n>Apple</n> by artist <n>Andrei Robu</n>.

CHRISTOPHER DELORENZO - “I’ve seen love go right past my window in shapes...

<n>LOVE LETTERS (no response)</n>, an artwork on a paper towel by artist <n>Helena Minginowicz</n>.

# We are formed by relationship, we are nourished by relationship, and we long for relationship. Life is not a solitary journey. It is building a home together. It is a process of being formed by attachments and then forming attachments in turn. It is a great chain of generations passing down gifts to one another.



[David Brooks](https://sublime.app/search?query=David%20Brooks) • [The Relationalist Manifesto](https://sublime.app/card/the-relationalist-manifesto?section=highlights)

Diagram from <n>The Modular Body</n> by <n>Nico V.</n>, posted by the publication <n>Are.na</n>.

Caption This Image and Selected Wisepicks – 21 March 2022