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January 22 - May 5, 2023
hell is the imposed state of dependance and modification of one’s self according to the integration, approval, and satisfaction of other people’s
no matter who you are and what you do, some people will not like you—just
Oh fucking well, huh?
“Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass,” wrote Montaigne.
your life is lived and experienced through your own mind
reminders of whatever helps regain perspective about how little others care, how little the world cares, how absurd it is to be
Emerson primarily discusses man and nature being a unified, singular whole, the value of trusting one’s own intuition and sense of reality, and the realization and forthright expressions of one’s unique greatness and truth.
a significant portion of who we really are, what we really like and are capable of, and the reasons we do the things we do, persist within a realm we don’t actively understand or have access
radical self-acceptance requires an effort of radical self-honesty.
in Jungian terms, work to integrate their shadow—the full breadth of their potential faults and wickedness—as opposed to rush back up the stairs in denial.
a small evil becomes a big one through being disregarded and repressed.
When everything works best, it’s not because you chose writing, but because writing chose you. It’s when you’re mad with it. When it’s stuffed in your ears, nostrils, under your finger nails. It’s when there’s no hope but that.
what allows for the development of purpose, success, and creativity in general.
The human project is a continuous cycle of essentially trying the same things over and over and expecting different results. Madness is not the exception, it is the norm.
