Quote for Today: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Never have I thought so much, never have I realized my own existence so much, been so much alive, been so much myself … as in those journeys which …
Look and Listen #21: Mariusz Kędzierski’s Hyperrealistic Drawings
Polish sketch artist Mariusz Kędzierski makes beautiful, hyperrealistic portraits and images filled with exquisite detail. This would be an accomplishment for anyone, but he has done this with no arms. …
Quote for Today: Haruki Murakami
Has the dark shadow really disappeared? Or is it inside me, concealed, waiting for its chance to reappear? Like a clever thief hidden inside a house, breathing quietly, waiting until …
Quote for Today: Taisen Deshimaru
Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The …
Quote for Today: David Abram
We sleep, allowing gravity to hold us, allowing Earth- our larger body- to recalibrate our neurons, composting the keen encounters of our waking hours (the tensions and terrors of our …
Quote for Today: Paulette Jiles
Outside, as she passed the kitchen window, she watched her breath appear before her in the lamplight and then it died away in moist clouds. This was the smoke of …
Quote for Today: Alexander Lowen
With each breath a wave can be seen to ascend and descend through the body. The inspiratory wave begins deep in the abdomen with a backward movement of the …
Quote for Today: Jay Woodman
Awareness can be quite sensual (which can add to your sense of feeling empowered). Think about how your body moves as you live your life, how amazing it is; think …
Quote for Today: Mary Oliver
As for the body, it is solid and strong and curious and full of detail: it wants to polish itself; it wants to love another body; it is the only …
Quote for Today: Alison McGhee
What is the matter with these people, these people who won’t stop fighting, won’t stop hurting each other long enough to see that a body is a thing of beauty, …