#consolations

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The Yellow Cape — Odilon Redon Posted by Biblioklept

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“Heartbreak begins the moment we are asked to let go but cannot, in other words, it colors and inhabits and magnifies each and every day; heartbreak is not a visitation, but a path that human beings follow through […]. Heartbreak is an indication of our sincerity: in a love relationship, in a life’s work, in trying to learn a musical instrument, in the attempt to shape a better more generous self. Heartbreak is the beautifully helpless side of love and affection and is [an] essence and emblem of care… [W]e use the word heartbreak as if it only occurs when things have gone wrong: an unrequited love, a shattered dream… But heartbreak may be the very essence of being human, of being on the journey from here to there, and of coming to care deeply for what we find along the way.”

— David Whyte, Consolations

[dk-thrive]

It is always hard to believe that the courageous step is so close to us, that it is closer than we ever could imagine, that in fact, we already know what it is, and that the step is simpler, more radical than we had thought: which is why we so often prefer the story to be more elaborate, our identities clouded by fear, the horizon safely in the distance, the essay longer than it needs to be and the answer safely in the realm of impossibility.

— David Whyte, "Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words" (Many Rivers Press, 2015) (via Dylan O'Sullivan)

[wrestlingisbest]

Beaver Trey Munoz takes out Bernie Truax (PSU) and will wrestle for 3rd

[aeide-thea]

Climate change: New idea for sucking up CO2 from air shows promise

A new way of removing carbon from the air is up to three times more effective than current technology.

A new way of sucking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it in the sea has been outlined by scientists. The authors say that this novel approach captures CO2 from the atmosphere up to three times more efficiently than current methods. The warming gas can be transformed into bicarbonate of soda and stored safely and cheaply in seawater.

[soracities]

David Whyte, from Consolations, “Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on the Deeper Meanings of Friendship, Love, and Heartbreak”

[literanarchy]

There are consolations that the strongest human love is powerless to give.

The Overstory by Richard Powers

[articwolfclawartist]

Halloween is right around the corner so I thought I’d make a drawing of the costume I’ll be wearing!

Fun fact: none of it was bought for Halloween