SoliFugnia

[seefrien]

#anderspetersen

[seefrien]

[purplebuddhaproject]

[seefrien]

Ik leun dicht bij de Wanhoop aan. En mijn denken probeert wanhopig, maar tevergeefs mijn voelen te vatten. Begrijpen wil ik waarom het zo lastig is om te leven. Alsof het begrip, het doorzien, het ieder klein detail van een leven te vatten, iedere oorzaak en gevolg daarin te begrijoen, een ontsnapping kan bieden uit het lijden. Het is tevergeefs, ik geraak er niet uit. En toch kan ik het niet loslaten.

[seefrien]

Onvermogen

Onvermogen ("Inability" in English, but I like the Dutch word so much more - it has a greater poetic feel to it) seems to be my greatest lover.

[purplebuddhaproject]

"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."

Jane Austin - Pride and Prejudice. I know those words almost by hard. And I can precisely recall the body language, facial expressions and intensity with which Colin Firth made his Darcy express these feelings. Like many other women my Pride and Prejudice/Darcy/Colin Firth admiration started in 1995. Rereading and -hearing them for the 'I don't-know-how-much-time' I kinda wondered at the boldness of such statement. The vulnerability...And I am left wondering what impact it would have if we would all be able to be so vulnerable at times or have the guts to be this honest and open.

[seefrien]

[icybutterflywings]

[purplebuddhaproject]

When we stop distracting ourselves, and courageously dive into the heart of any feeling, positive or negative, right or wrong, we rediscover the vast ocean of who we are. Every feeling is made of unspeakable intelligence.

Jeff Foster (via purplebuddhaproject)

[seefrien]

'Into one another' - Berlinde De Bruyckere

[seefrien]

'Uit elkaar gegroeid' - Berlinde de Bruyckere.

[seefrien]

It’s not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.

Stephen Fry

[seefrien]

Words are never going to be perfect. It seems im incapable of capturing my feelings or using words to try to remember how i felt or thought at a certain point

[seefrien]

Contrary to last weekend, I experienced a close to perfect (things can hardly anytime be completely perfect) weekend. It started unexpectedly on thursday evening and lasted 'till this evening. And it made me feel fulfilled, blessed, happy, at peace, euforic. Sometimes you experience (a nevertheless short) moment of complete contentment, where everything is okay, good and right the way it should be. No restlessness, no stress, no worries, ...

[brrrrt-that-bites]

introverts flirt like

[nevver]

Marguerite Duras

[seefrien]

Ongoing travel destinations list

- Alaska - Baffin Island (Canada) (especially Auyuittuq National Park) - Mainland Yemen (definitely Shibam) - Abkhazia (with thanks to Em for planting the seed)

- Cuba - Transsiberian Express