It is Valentine, and I don't have any plans.

on loneliness, Jungian-Bottonian love, and belongings.

This is the first in a series where I want to delve deeper into the topics of relationship. The first part is an exploration into Jung’s archetypes and how love is a mutual becoming . Environs du cap Misène (1904) I’ve been mulling over this all morning, wondering what I want to write about love - the state that morphs into every crevice of one’s consciousness - romantic, platonic, familial. What do I really know about it? Less than I’d like, more than I admit. I went to grab a coffee earlier today. The barista knows my order by now - Latte, oat milk, hot. Today she slides over not just my dri

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