80. Because To Feel Is To Be Human 😌
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Friends,
Checking in!
Have you eaten?
Gotten some fresh air? moved your body (even a little)?
Taken your meds? had some water?
Checked in with a friend? found a way to laugh?
Listened to some music? done something soothing?
Stepped away from social media/ the news?
Here’s five things you may find interesting and/or meaningful.
1. Watching 🚨
2. A Poem 💭
The Thing Is by Ellen Bass.
to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you’ve held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you down like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you, again.
3. Real Estate 🏚️
Photographer Ronan McKenzie’s community-focused arts space in north London celebrates black artists.
4. Loving ❤️🔥
Everything by Japanese brand Beautiful People whose ABOUT page is the best I’ve seen so far:
when everything works how it should,
when everything fulfills its purpose,
when everything is straightforward and expected and does its job,
then there’s no fun,
no surprise,
no feeling.
your stuff should make you feel something,
happy, sad, warm, lazy, whatever,
because to feel is to be human.
beautiful people feels
5. A Quote 🗣️
“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas”
— Marie Curie