After much shifting of my own, what a breath, a wonder, a delight, to read this among "catching up" in my inbox -- which I put into quotation marks because your writing reminds me of what I want to be doing, resting and tending/attending, not catching anything at all.
And I read it immediately after one of Elif Shafak's in which she wrote, "For art to survive and thrive, all we have to do is simply and faithfully honour a feeling, a connection, a moment in time. There is no cleverness there. Perhaps the very opposite, only foolishness.
Freya, I don’t even have the words. I’ve sat for five whole minutes before being able to compose a thought.
This was a meditation. This was what I needed today—and everyday. My husband and I often talk about bringing ourselves back down from the patriarchal life checklists—the things that take our attention away from everything our hearts yearn for. Thank you for affirming those feelings of presence as a form of resistance. We can not be present for one another if we are never present for ourselves. Thank you for writing and sharing this. So much love to you 💜 your words are magic.
Freya, this piece is a total reclamation of attention. Thank you for your incisive wisdom. You carry the ability to bring back your readers focus into the importance of real and ephemeral beauty of the world. I can breathe loudly when you write. Thank you 🙏 💜
Thank you dear sister. I may have done a little jump for joy at seeing you and @15thcentury Feminist teaming up for a post! Absolute fire, can't wait to read! ❤️🔥
It was fun to work with Kate! Her ideas are ablaze and always ready to take the world on a ride!
I am so grateful for you guys! You do such necessary work. I am so happy that you are finding your rythm back to words my dearest. Here’s to sisterhood and writing 🥂
After much shifting of my own, what a breath, a wonder, a delight, to read this among "catching up" in my inbox -- which I put into quotation marks because your writing reminds me of what I want to be doing, resting and tending/attending, not catching anything at all.
And I read it immediately after one of Elif Shafak's in which she wrote, "For art to survive and thrive, all we have to do is simply and faithfully honour a feeling, a connection, a moment in time. There is no cleverness there. Perhaps the very opposite, only foolishness.
No complicated goals either. Only love."
Beautiful, inspiring language.
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So timely, Freya
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Gorgeous. And something that's been on my mind quite a bit, just lately.
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Freya, I don’t even have the words. I’ve sat for five whole minutes before being able to compose a thought.
This was a meditation. This was what I needed today—and everyday. My husband and I often talk about bringing ourselves back down from the patriarchal life checklists—the things that take our attention away from everything our hearts yearn for. Thank you for affirming those feelings of presence as a form of resistance. We can not be present for one another if we are never present for ourselves. Thank you for writing and sharing this. So much love to you 💜 your words are magic.
Ah friend, thank you so much, your words always mean so much. And brava for you and Swarna teaming up on a post--I cannot WAIT to read! ❤️🔥
Exquisite writing thank you
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Lovely. I needed this reminder. Lots of despairing…
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Freya, this piece is a total reclamation of attention. Thank you for your incisive wisdom. You carry the ability to bring back your readers focus into the importance of real and ephemeral beauty of the world. I can breathe loudly when you write. Thank you 🙏 💜
Thank you dear sister. I may have done a little jump for joy at seeing you and @15thcentury Feminist teaming up for a post! Absolute fire, can't wait to read! ❤️🔥
It was fun to work with Kate! Her ideas are ablaze and always ready to take the world on a ride!
I am so grateful for you guys! You do such necessary work. I am so happy that you are finding your rythm back to words my dearest. Here’s to sisterhood and writing 🥂
Oh how much I loved this. Also got me thinking about Emily Dickinson’s herbariums too ❤️
i had a whole other section on her herbarium but decided to cut it. 😂
Part two is waiting to happen!
Nice piece will read later. Did you move to Portland? I lost track of…
Wow, that sentence and that visual clip, just perfect.
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