Category: Stories
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Insignificant
Wiped away in foaming strokesthe surfaceof my unlit universean opaque frosted glassinsignificant. © E n i s ∞ r song: Insignificance – Pearl Jam The spiral of our solar system reminds us that nothing ever truly returns; everything moves forward, in circles that are never the same.
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blow down
Remains of Castle Nuwendoorn, a stronghold of Floris V of Holland. Built in 1282 I come from the Low Countries, where reed, ditch, and dike give the wind free rein. Where clouds drift by like herds across the sky. © E n i s ∞ r song: Love Blow Down – Elbow When your love
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book of love
Once upon a time, there was a young woman who found a book under a bare tree on the forest floor. Curious, she opened it and saw that the pages were blank — nothing but white emptiness. She decided to take it with her, and on the train ride home, the book suddenly fell open
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Trijn the Heroine
‘The statue Trijn Rembrands symbolizes the women who fought during the Siege of Alkmaar in 1573, but also the women of today who stand up for what they believe in’. Made by artist: Elisabet Stienstra song: Joanni – Kate Bush © E n i s ∞ r Equality is not a favor, it’s a right.
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transformative
We humans are always on the move — together on the path of life — as time connects our biological clock to the different seasons of existence. Born in a budding spring, gathered in the warmth of a sultry summer breeze, and growing wise in the turbulent autumn. Sometimes we walk straight ahead, other times
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the seen and the unseen
We all reach desperate for improvement and growth. It is a random, meandering motion of those who follow and those who lead, connected on uneven levels of the soul.The mushroom spiritual, though a symbol of the realm of hallucination and imagination, makes me feel more connected to immortality and eccentricity, a path I am free
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make-believe
There are ideologies circulating in the world that freeze your energy levels, forces that cannot bear the light and subjugate humanity through fear, guilt, and oppression.Beware of the economical greed and the geopolitical whispers of war.Find your counterbalance: trust in yourself and in love.What do you allow in, and from what are you allowed to
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Power to the People
Hundreds of notes hang on a black panel with various handwritten messages to promote peace or improve humanity. – Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam From the Hyper-Nervous Society to a Relaxed Society.We are not alone; the question is rather how we will unite and in what capacity? © E n i s ∞ r song: Power to
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fisherman friend
Shrimp Fisherman counting the catch. © E n i s ∞ r song: Mary -Pete Townshend Between ebb and flow, the shrimp fisherman seeks not only a catch, but peace in the waves.A shrimp fisherman learns that patience catches more than haste, the sea rewards those who respect her rhythm.
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the thrift store
Piles and rows of pots and pans in every color. Teacups gone yellow with age, and the musty breath of old books. A glass cabinet of tin soldiers with broken rifles, toy train tracks lashed together with rubber bands, and a Playmobil® figure with gnawed-off hands. A mannequin, paint flaking, wearing ski goggles. Beside a
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death
Death has no structure, nor does it arrive within boundaries forewarned.It never merges; it rises beyond the living, leaving them unreachable in a vast emptiness.It shatters. © E n i s ∞ r song: Lost – VC-118A Loss is love with nowhere left to go.
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time framing
We live in a world that is accelerating. With just a few mouse clicks, all your necessities and groceries are within reach. We build a connection between restaurants and retailers who want to make and sell food and other products, couriers who want to earn money by delivering those products, and customers who want to
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collectors
Isn’t it true that we are all collectors. Collecting love, friendship, dreams, experiences, stuff. It comes and goes… just like footprints in sand. © E n i s ∞ r song: Say Goodbye – Beck
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box me in
It started early, being judged on how quickly you could force the rules into the right slot.A boxed-in way of thinking. And if it didn’t fit, they tinkered with you, as if it were just a loose screw.A stigma you eventually came to believe yourself. © E n i s ∞ r song: Through the
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old pattern
It’s the old patterns that keep you stuck. Patterns of “never good enough” or “it’s nothing anyway.”Like the curious magpie, spread your wings and make a fresh start. It’s time to focus on healing and growth! © E n i s ∞ r song: Mutability (A New Beginning Is in the Offing) – David Sylvian