Selection of prose and poetry
Prepare to meander along the rivers of paradox
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I feel therefore I am
Dear Love, what will you have me know about who I am? You were literally brought up in the school of ‘I think, therefore I am’. It makes sense that you consider that way of thinking as a sort of norm, a sort of safe pillar you can count on. It’s much harder for you…
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On clutter
Dear Glennon and Amanda, I consider the likelihood of these words being read by anyone but myself low but I believe the process of writing them will help at least one person think through them, so here they are. I listened to Episode #282 on our relationship to stuff and I think you are both…
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Approval
Composing the symphony of our lives To compose the symphony of yourself Must you know how to play instruments? It would certainly help But until then Use the sound of the waves in the ocean The chirping of the birds in the wind And the silence of when there is nothing to say Letter from…
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9
The date of our births Nine When enough is a neuf But together is softer Seconds in the morning when you see that I am here Days or less spent apart since moving to our new home Months of not carrying a human life but many more ways of bringing life into this world Life…
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The starting point
Getting there I know this is just a figure of speech But so much of the language we speak shapes the way we think, and vice versa That it makes me wonder Where are we trying to get to? To a place where we feel comfortable with the now? One day we open our eyes…
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Rest and action
Sitting at the National Gallery of Victoria amid Liquid skies/Gyrwynt, the large-scale installation by Triennial artist Franziska Furter, as part of the Let’s talk about the weather series, I feel strangely at home. Liquid skies visualises vibrant infrared satellite images of hurricanes. This soft, colourful rug invites us to rest and consider our place within the…
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Beyond dualism
I realised recently how much we tend to see and experience the world through a dualistic perspective. Couples, political parties, good or bad, day and night, black or white… It came to me in the quiet of the shower, observing the flow of water scattering into droplets. It felt like a metaphor for what physicists…
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On worthiness
Perfect! Not what you project of what it means But how I feel Not what society forces us to believe But how I am How you are Just the way you are No expectation about what to be or to become No strings attached to your behavior or worthiness Perfect Just the way you are…
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The Illusion of Control
The way we speak Everything under control? Now, let me tell you that the ‘control-freak’ part of me would love to tell you that: Yes, absolutely, I’ve got everything under control. But that would just be an intellectually lazy lie. The more I think about this fairly common question, used rather often in everyday life,…
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Tree bark collection!
It turns out that on top of being wonderful creatures, trees around here have incredibly colourful bark which changes colour throughout the year such that one may accumulate more than hundred photos of these wonders…. here’s a little selection: ENJOY!! Want to bring tree bark delight into your life?