Tag: paradox
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You are the universe
Our perception of reality Sometimes I am not sure whether to stand in absolute awe or to laugh about some of the paradoxes we live within Grasping the fullness of what these might reveal seemingly appearing on the spectrum between tantalising and utterly absurd Most of us too busy busying ourselves with trivial activities that… Read more
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The Milkshake Epiphany
Do you THINK or FEEL first? Let me tell you a funny story about a banana milkshake and what it taught me. Are you the kind of person who knows what’s good for them and trusts that things will turn out exactly how you want them to? Do you excel in being in the moment,… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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Trees
Here’s a twist! Curly spine Are you misaligned You feel stuck So is your lower back Since you won’t listen in Your body will scream in pain What is the message you refuse to hear What language will speak to you For its call not be in vain One second soothing The other burning The… Read more
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The way we look
Look at you! As unique and personal As our human experiences Gateways through our souls His blue and bright Clear as water crystals Beauty appears at a simple glance Hers brown and muddy Textured as dark cocoa Complexity and bittersweetness entangle Each out of them ordinary Exploded sparks extraordinary Blue making brown better Brown making… Read more
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New York, New York
‘We are lives that want to be lived’ says Catherine Price in her book The Power of Fun, how to feel alive again. I recently made a realisation that I had somehow drifted away from my old-self and that I wanted to reconnect with her. My understanding is that this sort of loss came as… Read more
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Reflections on kindness and being ordinary
Be kind to yourself Why is it that we can be so hard on ourselves? It’s funny how much obvious it is to observe it in others and act accordingly rather than in ourselves. Funny isn’t the right word really, interesting too unspecific, perhaps ‘enlightening’ might start to describe it? Sometimes you need to see… Read more
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Paradox
Love and hate Loved and lonely Committed and free Rational and creative Reliable and flexible The oak and the reed The oak and the reed and the sunflower The oak is rigid and steady The reed is flexible and bendy The sun flower bends towards the sun because that’s what it needs to grow And… Read more