Synkroniciti’s Best of the Net Nominations (2020-21)
Here are Synkroniciti’s nominations for Best of the Net from July 1st, 2020 to June 30th, 2021. This list includes some of our favorite work from “Labyrinth,” “Hidden,” “Present,” and …
Quote for Today: Hermann Hesse
Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin. —Hermann …
Quote for Today: Erik Pevernagie
Like a snake sheds its skin, we are capable of getting rid of assembled habits, creating space to call matters into question. Instead of the Shakespearean “To be or …
Quote for Today: Rachel Cusk
There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it’s a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others …
Quote for Today: Sarah Ban Breathnach
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. —Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance Journal …
Quote for Today: Larissa Lai
The library was a great sprawling complex with rolls and rolls of paper tucked into many shelves. Between the reading rooms were courtyards with living fountains and singing birds and …
Quote for Today: Krista Tippett
We are among the first peoples in human history who do not broadly inherit religious identity as a given, a matter of kin and tribe, like hair color and hometown. …
Quote for Today: Muriel Barbery
In our world, that’s the way you live your grown-up life: you must constantly rebuild your identity as an adult, the way it’s been put together it is wobbly, ephemeral, …
Quote for Today: Angela Panayotopulos
Do you remember bedtime as a child? I was terrified of the dark. I was terrified of the closed closet door that surely cracked open when I wasn’t looking and …
Quote for Today: Pat Barker
Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly, a fit emblem for the human …