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honoring time - unfurled spirals by @katiewav

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I had a bit of a crisis the other day: What if the realizations I’m making today about the world are just the ones that everyone makes during this stage of their life—that they’re simply a product of time and not of any of my own novel insight?

Arshile Gorky, Good Hope Road II. Pastoral, 1945 I had a bit of a crisis the other day: What if the realizations I’m making today about the world are just the ones that everyone makes during this stage of life—that they’re simply a product of time and not of any novel insight of my own? and by realizations, I don’t mean the small ones like when you learn how to do taxes for the first time; I mean the ones that feel earth-shattering, as if you’ve stumbled upon a little secret about the world and everyone in it. the one when you wonder why you’re working the same job as everyone else or…

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