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Speaking in Images
My speech is imperfect. Not because I want to shine with words, but out of the impossibility of finding those words, I speak in images. With nothing else can I express the words from the depths.
— Jung
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In modern world paradigm or in the power-over-paradigm, it is a way governed by brute force — not wisdom, not love, not talent, not insight, not all the-children-are-fed, but instead, “if I can force you to submit, I win, my needs can be met.” This means that those who can, and will, and do, apply brute force, the most and the best, they seize control over others, and over what any other needs to live. This power, in my view, is unearned, unjustified, unwarranted. It is power, privilege, and benefit, given, or taken really, purely for being willing to overpower any or all others…
There is a saying among indigenous people on this part of the Earth, and it says: You have not defeated my people, until the hearts of our women are on the ground. Said another way: If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.
— Pat McCabe
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I think love is the fuel we need to keep living.” Someday that love can end. Or it might mean nothing. But even if love fades, even if it’s not corresponding, it is still possible to keep the memory of having loved someone, or of having fallen in…
