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| Diagramming a Force: the Rose Pentagram - 2022, DS |
“The transformative power of love is not fully embraced in our society because we often wrongly believe that torment and anguish are our ‘natural’ condition.”
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
“If I were really asked to define myself, I wouldn’t start with race; I wouldn’t start with blackness; I wouldn’t start with gender; I wouldn’t start with feminism. I would start with stripping down to what fundamentally informs my life, which is that I’m a seeker on the path. I think of feminism, and I think of anti-racist struggles as part of it. But where I stand spiritually is, steadfastly, on a path about love.”
- Four quotes by the great feminist writer, bell hooks, who passed away recently but whose insight and lucidity regarding the world and its people has, in my opinion, not been matched by anyone in the past 50 years. For more of bell's wisdom see this Trans-D post, or this Goodreads page.
Vale, bell hooks. You are not alone on your path. We wish you well.
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I'm having an almost impossible time writing these days. Pictures and music - specifically those involving Phi and the pentagram (snails & stars) - are the best I could do.
Meaning: my original plan for a golden ratio series has stalled. And, whatever appears on this blog from this point on is... well, is whatever appears on this blog from this point on.
Call it: metaphysical, existential overload.
Meanwhile, I hope you've had a Love-ly day.💕
And, failing that - and you are allowed to fail, you know - there is always the power of love... and the power of love - which costs nothing - takes (only) one heart and not necessarily (or physically) two (or more).
For your listening pleasure: a Phi-based tune... brought to you by Michael Blake:
