Secrecy VS Privacy
“Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world” - A Cypherpunks Manifesto, 1993
Hey, how are you?
You’ve been on my mind, not in like an obsessive way or anything just in a you were on my mind every day for many years kind of way and sometimes it still feels natural to think about you. I rearranged my room and found those earrings you gave me that weren’t really bought as a gift but ended up being the first thing you offered me other than your name and your time for coffee in the mornings. And I don’t really wear them anymore but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get rid of them either because I’m scared that one day I will have let go of so many things and I’ll look around and realize there is nothing anymore of anything I used to be with you other than the sedimentary layers of my memory and it literally aches - aches like a sore muscle - in my heart to think about how much I don’t have of the people I love.
Care vs Curiosity
our curiosity cannot be more important that caring for people. What I mean by this is that if we really, truly care for someone we don’t need to know what happened in order to hold space for them. If we really care for them, our care won’t come in the question of “what happened?”
Romanticizing Your Life
Romanticism is an act of gratitude. Romanticism is sustainable luxury.
Presence is recognizing you’re thirsty, luxury is having a glass of water, romanticism is having it out of your favourite cup, gratitude is being available to the dose of joy this provides.
What is the “Slut Era”?
The Slut Era is for anyone who is ready to let their desire and pleasure live guilt/shame/judgement free. It is an act of liberation of the self, of the community.