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Jen R.
is on page 195 of 232
This making of the flock, which had for two years been fending off the awareness of his daily absence.
— Feb 28, 2025 12:29AM
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Jen R.
is on page 177 of 232
Sometimes, I look back and wonder why there seems to be so little, so crushingly little, and I struggle to fully believe - to fully accept - that just this, this and this is where the countless hours went - the countless gestures and strokes and flourishes, the countless thoughts and decisions and preparations. .. I believe it does not matter at all; I believe it is all that matters.
— Feb 27, 2025 01:56PM
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Jen R.
is on page 127 of 232
I consider myself a disciple of [William] Morris - for his doctrine of truth to nature and to materials, and to people. Art must arise from daily life, he believed, and the person who labours must be inseparable from the product of their labour - it must synchronously be a product of their will, their pains, their talents, their tenderness.
— Feb 27, 2025 01:10AM
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Jen R.
is on page 112 of 232
… contentment - from the satisfaction of making well and from an object well made - and all of this experience - these feelings - had been nailed into the pine
— Feb 26, 2025 12:39AM
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Jen R.
is on page 101 of 232
[Audubon’s] name is now inextricably linked to conservation in spite of the fact that, during the years he worked on his book, he shot dead tens of thousands of birds. Audubon didn't care about the autonomous life of each individual eagle or tern or coot or chickadee; he cared principally and obsessively about the accuracy and beauty of his depictions.
— Feb 24, 2025 12:14AM
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Jen R.
is on page 79 of 232
In some cases a long migration can take a barbaric toll on a bird's anatomy, such that she sheds half of her body weight; such that her muscle tissue wastes and her liver shrivels; such that her intestines commence to digest themselves.
— Feb 23, 2025 11:44PM
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