Saw A Woman Comforting Her Sobbing Child Saying “i Already Told You, You Have To Keep Looking Forward,

2025

you are allowed to have a moment to think before you speak

terrifying sincerity will demand from you the kind of composure and character you are seeking

practice asking yourself questions and answer them without seeking references or resources or answers that others gave

the difference between ritual and routine is faith, and the kind of faith you need to give to your habits—what they each mean to you— is something to be curious, reflective, intentional about. you are afraid that habits will sap your life of meaning, so give them meaning of their own

Lila (divine play)

novelty & magic are rivers, not reservoirs

Life, and Nothing More… (1992), dir. Abbas Kiarostami

Alejandra Pizarnik, tr. by Yvette Siegert, "Summer Goodbyes", Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 - 1972

Richard Siken

a love letter to myself

Joy Sullivan, from "Long Division", Instructions for Traveling West

Kaveh Akbar, from “ Pilgrim Bell”, Pilgrim Bell

Kaveh Akbar