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theory of mind - by Nix 🕊 - starting from nix ꩜

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Louise Glück: In the absence of context, fragments, no matter how independently beautiful, grow rapidly tedious. That year, I wrote in my journal, I think I’ve lost context on you and your life. You might be perceptive enough to recognize raw connection potential in individuals almost instantly with some forceful inevitability or fated-ness. That’s the instinctive-ness of human connection. But to sustain and maintain and grow entwined with another person requires effort and context. What time do they wake up and go to bed? Who do they call in a time of crisis? Where do they charge their devices? How do they eat their yoghurt? What are they pondering? You’re really good at this because you’re so observant. You know what I’m thinking when my eyes move away. Context is very precious. Most times we hide our histories. We can barely narrate a cohesive pattern, even to ourselves. No one can know the murk from which we pulled ourselves out of childhood into adulthood. That slow and agonizing

Hrvoje Majer | Letting It Go, Croatia Louise Glück: In the absence of context, fragments, no matter how independently beautiful, grow rapidly tedious. That year, I wrote in my journal, I think I’ve lost context on you and your life. You might be perceptive enough to recognize raw connection potential in individuals almost instantly with some forceful inevitability or fated-ness. That’s the instinctive-ness of human connection. But to sustain and maintain and grow entwined with another person requires effort and context. What time do they wake up and go to bed? Who do they call in a time of…

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