I used to think of fall as a tragedy of leaves But now that I see the tree, I know it’s just a little housekeeping planned obsolescence and a strategic liquidation- a letting go of that which could harm you when things inevitably change
We are not machines.
We are not machines. Cogs. Production units. FTEs. We are not brands. Channels. Entertainers. Memes. We are not what we see on TV. We are not consumers. Buyers. Shoppers. We are not a marketing demographic. We’re not followers. We are people. Beautifully individual, hopelessly small. We are complicated. Messy. Wrought. Nuanced with joy. Impermanent and…
Starlight
Every moment of the night Forever changing places And they put out the star-light With the breath from their pale faces” ― Edgar Allan Poe
Flame
I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it’s these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
Truffula
“Catch! calls the Once-ler. He lets something fall. It’s a Truffula Seed. It’s the last one of all! You’re in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds. And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs. -Dr. Seuss/ Theodore Giesel, the Lorax
Messy
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” ― Voltaire
Open
“What happens when people open their hearts?” “They get better.” ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
Embark
We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given…
