should we follow our natural inclinations?
Was reading The Bell Jar yesterday and it made me wonder why were they injecting insulin into the protagonist at the asylum – she wasn’t diabetic and it was supposed to be treatment…
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Ian Leslie’s notes on “Get Back”
I read this monstrous 7500+ word substack newsletter in multiple sittings, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the observation at the end that sums it all up: A good song or album…
a review of Wintering by Katherine May
Every now and then I would browse the new arrivals section of the national library’s e-book collection. I was surprised to discover quite a few interesting books there, books that I wouldn’t…
I think of you when I…
I think of you when I listen to songs of deep breaking love; when I look up in the skies in awe at the grandiosity of the universe; when I feel the…
people’s eyes
I see universes in people’s eyes.
love is the world we can imagine
love is the world we can imagine when yours and mine collide. that sense of loss when we think of them apart. for the stories untold, the tears unshed, the joy unfelt….
sunlight
there is sunlight. thousand-year trees. rare sightings of rainbows. I can see, smell, taste. my tears, my heart, people’s souls. I feel, I cherish, I let go. I breathe. a little of…
Rhythm of my heart
for the song that was never going to be written
you
You. Our eyes first met in a vortex where the past, present and future intersect. You. Made me remember my past, inspire my future and embrace the present. You. For me the…