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Comforting Thought: Seek Respite Wherever it Exists, Even the Heart of the Battle
“We may hope, of course, as I do, for smaller flames, a moment of respite, a pause that will allow us to dream again. But perhaps there is no peace for an artist other than the peace found in the heat of combat. “Every wall is a door,” Emerson rightly said. Do not seek the…
This is only one of many worlds
This is only one of many worlds. Worlds are beings, each with their own themes, rules, and ways of doing. Humans in this world fall too easily to war, are quick to take offense, and claim ownership. “What drama,” said crow, dodging traffic as he wrestled a piece of road kill.” Excerpt from Conflict Resolution…
Comforting Thought: Hope is Awakened by Millions of Individuals
“Some will say that such hope is carried by a nation, others by a person. But I believe quite the reverse: hope is awakened, given life, sustained, by the millions of individuals whose deeds and actions, every day, break down borders and refute the worst moments in history, to allow the truth—which is always in…
Comforting Thought: Artists Pay Homage to the Finest Examples of Humankind
“Artists are the perpetual defenders of living creatures, precisely because those creatures are alive. They truly advocate to love whoever is close by right now, and not those far in the future, which is what debases contemporary humanism, turning it into a catechism of the courthouse. Quite the reverse: a great work of art ends…
Comforting Thought: Important Mantra
“when in doubt, remember you have:the power to say nothe authenticity to be youthe patience to keep learningthe fortitude to continue tryingthe courage to embrace changethe fearlessness to give selflesslythe wisdom to cultivate inner peacethe bravery to fulfill your aspirationsthe openness that grows friendshipsthe awareness to follow your intuitionthe intelligence to not repeat the past”…
A panther is a poem with fire green eyes
A panther poised in the cypress tree about to jump is a panther poised in a cypress tree about to jump.
The panther is a poem of fire green eyes and a heart charged by four winds of four directions.
Comforting Thought: Art Makes Humanity Richer and More Admirable
“Every great work of art makes humanity richer and more admirable, and that is its only secret. And even thousands of concentration camps and prison cells cannot obliterate this deeply moving testimony to dignity. That is why it is not true that we could, even temporarily, set culture aside in order to prepare a new…
Comforting Thought: Determination
one of the most important qualities to develop in life is determination. at some point you just have to put your foot down and say, “i am going to move in this new direction and no person or situation is going to stop me.” great transformations need a beginning.
Clarity & Connection by Yung Pueblo
Comforting Thought: Art Unites Wherever Tyranny Divides
“Art, because of the inherent freedom that is its very essence, as I have tried to explain, unites, wherever tyranny divides. So how could it be surprising that art is the chosen enemy of every kind of oppression? How could it be surprising that artists and intellectuals are the primary victims of modern tyrannies, whether…
Comforting Thought: Take Up Your Oars
“We are adrift on the open seas. Artists, like everyone else, must take up their oars, without dying, if possible—that is to say, by continuing to live and create.” Create Dangerously: The Power and Responsibility of the Artist, Albert Camus
Comforting Thought: Breaking the Line of Hurt
hurts travel through timefrom one person to anotherthis unwanted heaviness movesfrom the past into the presentand then into the futureone of the most heroic thingsanyone can do is break the line of hurtwhen people heal themselves,they stop the hurt from multiplyingand their relationships become healthierwhen people heal themselves,they also heal the future” Yung Pueblo
Talking with the sun
I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed, and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity. When explorers first encountered my people, they called us heathens, sun worshippers. They didn’t understand that the sun is a relative, and illuminates our path on this earth. After dancing all night in a…
Comforting Thought: Inner Peace and Not Harming Others
“It is to the benefit of your inner peacenot to harm otherslet this truth settle into your mindand awaken when things get toughwhen you thinkrevenge will calm your heartor erase the pain you have feltrememberwhen you thinkspreading the turmoil you feelwill ease the fire burning inside of yourememberwhen you thinkmaking life harder for someone elsewill…
Albert Camus: A society based on symbols is an artificial society
“Consumer society can be defined as a society in which objects disappear and are replaced by symbols. When the ruling class no longer measures its wealth in acres of land or gold bars, but rather by how many digits ideally correspond to a certain number of financial transactions, then that society immediately links itself to…
Comforting Thought: No is also an action
“no” is also an action let it be your own approval of disapproval wear it around your neck as you lift your chin to turn away even if your skin feels different even if “yes” tries to follow up the back of your throat”
good grief, brianna pastor #poetry #sadness #healing #PTSD #creativity #growth #psychology…
Comforting Thought: Our hearing is evolved to clearly hear animals’ sounds
“Our bodies evolved not for cocktail party conversation but rather to harvest #sounds from wild creatures. These are the aural signals on which our #species’ success depended: #Birds chatting, unconcerned. Herds gathering. #Corvids flocking.” #quote #books #nature
Comforting Thought: How You Understand You
“How people perceive you is more reflective of their inner mechanics than your actions you cannot control how others think and live, but you can be intentional about the energy you put into the world some may misunderstand you, but what matters most is that you understand you”
Comforting Thought: Great art gives homage to the finest examples of humankind
“Artists are the perpetual defenders of living creatures, precisely because those creatures are alive. They truly advocate to love whoever is close by right now, and not those far in the future, which is what debases contemporary humanism, turning it into a catechism of the courthouse. Quite the reverse: a great work of art ends…
Comforting Thought: Be Like the Mayfly
“The experience of the world as one individual is so fleeting it is barely even measurable; especially when held up against the great passage of time felt since Earth’s conception. As humans, we arrive and pass like a mayfly spiraling on a breath of wind for its single day of life in the sun. Our…
Albert Camus: Art’s Corruption Under Brutality
“Brutality is never temporary. It does not respect the boundaries set for it, and so it is natural that brutality will spread, first corrupting art, then life. Then, out of the misfortunes and bloodshed of humankind, we see born insignificant literature, frivolous newspapers, photographed portraits, and youth-club plays in which hatred replaces religion. Art then…
Comforting Thought: An irreplaceable friend
“An irreplacable friend is someone who:
highly values your trust appreciates your honesty naturally feels like family still loves you as you change finds it easy to laugh with you holds space for you in tough times supports your happiness and safety helps you to believe in your self-worth inspires you to love and know…
Comforting Thought: Foresty Smells Help Our Immune Systems
Phytoncides, the aromatic organic compounds that #trees emit—a.k.a. the stuff that makes a #forest smell so very good—boost our #immune system #health #books #quote #bookquote
Comforting Thought: The most rebellious art will be the most enduring
We must know that we cannot hide away from communal misery, and that our sole justification, if one exists, is to speak out, as best we can, for those who cannot. And we must do this for everyone who is suffering at this very moment, despite the past or future greatness of the states or…
Comforting Thought: Garden Warblers Sing For Their Own Enjoyment
“Many bird species are not melodic combatants but lone dreamers enveloping themselves in a veil of song,” writes Andreas Weber. “Individuals of species like the garden warbler chatter in a special species-specific low-voice melody only when they are alone and undisturbed. They are talking to themselves, delicate and melodious and totally free of utility.” Third…
Comforting Thought: The most rebellious art will be the most enduring
“Gide said something that I have always agreed with, even though it might be misunderstood: “Art lives from constraint and dies from freedom.” That is true, but we must not draw the conclusion that art should be controlled. Art only lives through the constraints it places upon itself: it dies from any others. On the…
Comforting Thought: Arriving at mutual understanding
“When an argument starts your goal should be to arrive at a mutual understanding it helps to become aware of the inner tension that is impacting your reasoning notice your level of attachment explain yourself clearly listen with patience find the balance between honoring your truth and reflecting on your partner’s perspective and remember that…
Comforting Thought: The entire universe is sonic
“Hushed or amplified, implausible yet audible, everything is humming—from quantum to cosmic, from the inner life of electrons to the membranes of outer space. The entire universe is sonic.” #music #sound #book #quote #connection #nature #animals
Ancient Word: The Umwelt
“The act of contemplating the Umwelt of another #creature is so deeply #human and so utterly profound. Our senses filter in what we need. We must choose to learn about the rest.” #animals #connection #love #quote #bookquote
Comforting Thought: Real Maturity
“Real maturity is observing your own inner turbulence and pausing before you project how you feel onto what is happening around you” #YungPueblo #poetry #quote #selflove #hope
Comforting Thought: Vibrant Relationships
“Vibrant relationships feel like a sanctuary where you are safe to bring your vulnerability and you are given ample love and care a home that equally supports rest and growth free from judgment as you both seek to evolve a union void of control but filled with mutual understanding”
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