making yourself proud - starting from nix
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The Greeks say ethos anthropoi daimon.
Hilma Af Klint The Greeks say ethos anthropoi daimon. Character is fate. Otherwise, what unfolds in your life is a direct result of who you are: the incalculable sums of pluses and minuses in the margins of your choices. At dinner in Noe Valley, I said it was possible to wake up one day and demand more from life. These days, I simply desire more. Grappling with the enormity of desire can be very painful and barbed. The blissful state of previous ignorance vanishes. In its place grows a gnawing sensation, a sense of anxious preoccupation. Desire is productive. It extends directionally,…
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