…what a legendary land you roll through…to answer your closing prompt, i will cheat a bit, and say less about duality and more about more-ality…the idea of being multitude and aligned or apart sits with me often…i am struck between deciding to be an optimistic cynical pessimist and/or a cynically pessimistic optimist…all roads point in all directions depending on the type of compass i use…how many things can we be at once…and if we live in the limbo of thought or confliction is that a singular plural?…if my light shines on my dark does it cancel or illuminate it…i suppose it is always the chosen angle…
Even though it’s uncomfortable and difficult to reconcile, I want to live in the state you’re describing, by never denying that I “contain multitudes.” It’s never one or the other extreme but always both in unequal, unbalanced portions. It’s never black or white but some shade of gray. That’s what I was trying to explore and understand better with these essays: how to have clarity and more comfort about always being both at once.
I love this question: “if my light shines on my dark does it cancel or illuminate it?” And my instinctual answer is that my light does illuminate my dark, and my dark obscures my light. Thank you for reading, CansaFis!
…what a legendary land you roll through…to answer your closing prompt, i will cheat a bit, and say less about duality and more about more-ality…the idea of being multitude and aligned or apart sits with me often…i am struck between deciding to be an optimistic cynical pessimist and/or a cynically pessimistic optimist…all roads point in all directions depending on the type of compass i use…how many things can we be at once…and if we live in the limbo of thought or confliction is that a singular plural?…if my light shines on my dark does it cancel or illuminate it…i suppose it is always the chosen angle…
Even though it’s uncomfortable and difficult to reconcile, I want to live in the state you’re describing, by never denying that I “contain multitudes.” It’s never one or the other extreme but always both in unequal, unbalanced portions. It’s never black or white but some shade of gray. That’s what I was trying to explore and understand better with these essays: how to have clarity and more comfort about always being both at once.
I love this question: “if my light shines on my dark does it cancel or illuminate it?” And my instinctual answer is that my light does illuminate my dark, and my dark obscures my light. Thank you for reading, CansaFis!