The novels I love, the
ones I remember, the ones I re-read, have an empathetic human quality, or
'emotional truth'. This quality is difficult to fully define, but I always
recognise it when I see it: it is different from honesty and more resilient
than fact, something that exists not in the kind of fiction that explains but
in the kind that shows. [Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie]
This is something I try [and always fail] to explain to
someone who asks me WHY I like some book or film or other something or other.
To say I recognise it when I see it seems to NOT BE trying my best, but then, sometimes
that’s the best I have.
I love the idea of resilience. I love how there is this
built-in resilience BEing human. I love when I tap into it, too.
Resilience is all
about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival.
The goal of resilience is to thrive. [Jamais Cascio]
Many things in Life have this sort of double-edgedness.
Often I am NOT sure whether I see one thing, such as survival, in a better way
than I see resilience.
But mostly I don’t differentiate that much. I just fly. Or go
down trying.
I like to thrive. I really, REALLY like to thrive.
I love you, Currie
2 comments:
Loving yourself can be hard. Like most of us artists, I struggle with it all the time, but pieces like this always help to make us feel better
Some people don't have it.
Resilience is a treasure. :)
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