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Category Archives: quotes
“her Aphrodite laughs”
From p. 9 of Guy Davenport’s 7 Greeks: “Neither Sappho nor Botticelli separated beauty from the intelligence, of which it is the specious film. Bright eyes, bright mind; balanced walk, balanced nature. The perfect unity of strength and grace in … Continue reading
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light up the sky, together
In alignment with my theory of “be amazing together,” perhaps this is the mystical image-feeling behind it: “The sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that. It lights up the whole … Continue reading
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Sweet dreams are made of this
Black and white version, with accent, fedora and perhaps a cigar: “Can’tcha see I’m ova da moon for ya baby and da sky’s da limit?” For those that dream in color, with accent: “…I will have to tell you: you … Continue reading
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Perfect Circles
Do you subscribe to The Daily Love? (I highly recommend it.) Mastin’s voice is always humming the right tune of the uni-verse, these these were some lovey gems from today’s fortifying email: “The purpose of relationship is not to have … Continue reading
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Confessions
OH: “I would have had more sex if I had been a nun.” #fightthegoodfight
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the power of serious fun
On boys: “Have fun with them,” she said. “But don’t take them too seriously, and don’t give them any of your power.”
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strong enough to be
“I understand now that the vulnerability I’ve always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can’t experience life without feeling life. What I’ve learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it’s … Continue reading
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eye, feel
love is a contant seduction – with “the dearest freshness deep down things” (hopkins) – always moving / always at play [in the space between] captivating bodymindsoul of two centres – with “a sense of the beyond, of a heart … Continue reading
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beautiful beat
… there was one thing that she was learning with this jazz improv model of love-in-action which was to trust the creative process, play her heart out and be unattached to any preconceived outcome, for the artists will shape it … Continue reading
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not frivolous
While pondering the adventure of relationships yesterday morning on my walk to my favorite trail, I found a message chalked by the trail head: “love is everywhere.” I smiled at the synchronicity and the guerrilla art of it all. In a recent discussion … Continue reading
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