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I am overwhelmed as the world moves forward in its enormity. Billions and trillions of thoughts and experiences happening all at once. Now. Why do I wish to feel everything yet nothing at all.

"Hands Washing" by Tina Modatti (1896-1942)
"Hands Washing" by Tina Modatti (1896-1…

And so I fall asleep as the sun rises to the songs of the birds that sit by my window

6 a.m.
relative light
relative light

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."

Martha Graham, Keep the channel open

You hold yourself back and live in the disappointment of knowing you never tried. Losing yourself in the comfort of decided failure.

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