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are words good enough? - by Ava - bookbear express

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It’s not particularly groundbreaking to point out that people exist in separate emotional realities but I’m still surprised by it all the time. I meet up with friends and 20 minutes later I’m thinking, wow, I don’t agree with any of your observations about the world

It’s not particularly groundbreaking to point out that people exist in separate emotional realities but I’m still surprised by it all the time. I meet up with friends and 20 minutes later I’m thinking, wow, I don’t agree with any of your observations about the world. Which is not to say they’re wrong or I’m right, just that we’re shouting at each other from separate moons of separate planets. Language is the only thing that allows us bridge what feels like an uncrossable distance. I wish I could explain better how I see beauty everywhere these days. I’m reading On Beauty by Elaine Scarry…

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