Life
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From Head to Tears
Physically and metaphysically, there is a state under which three things are orchestrated: a thought, impression, memory — something triggers a deep sense of being which triggers a need to inhale deeply, and exhale loudly with which tears are alerted, or flow freely
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Happy Birthday, Peter Maffay! 1949
Born in Romania but one of the most loved, successful and important pop musicians in Germany of the last 5 decades, Peter Maffay celebrates his birthday today. I must celebrate his work and life, with a bit of the music that has made him an important part of the German pop culture and spirit, since…
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wondering what to do in times of wanting too much
sort? hurry? inhale deep? smile?
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Love is merely an intangible magnet, drawing individually and collectively all that breathes towards the whole, towards everything that is, towards the universe as sole identity.
If love in life, and life in love one day finds us face to face, all of me is already smiling.
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The Longfellow Fennel
The Goblet of LifeFilled is Life’s goblet to the brim;And though my eyes with tears are dim,I see its sparkling bubbles swim,And chant a melancholy hymn With solemn voice and slow. No purple flowers,–no garlands green,Conceal the goblet’s shade or sheen,Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene,Like gleams of sunshine, flash between Thick leaves of mistletoe. This…
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Jorge Luis Borges walking
I walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn’t expect to arrive Jorge Luis Borges, born on August 24 1899
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Wordy Men
Happy Birthday to these men of words, born on a 24th of August Join us at the Birthday & Celebration Club, on Clubhouse — August 24, at 1pm EST.
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For days I have been looking at it
I do not think it knows it. I do not know why, what makes me keep looking at it. Photography includes much not knowing.
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Happy Birthday, Tori Amos! 1963
It’s not my job to understand the impact [my music] has had. That’s for those who track that and document that. I have to stay present with this work. Because that work is done. And it will either live on, and it’s either been part of the conversation or inspired somebody or it hasn’t. I…
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Is joy the chicken or the egg? (A gentle reiteration on the question on a question)
“Life is suffering, and we spend our lives looking for happiness.” This was her expressed view during our conversation. Is it not fair to say that life is pleasure, happiness, joy, and we erroneously spend energy and passion in search of suffering? — Notes on a Clubhouse conversation
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