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Category: Bite-Sized Thoughts

What do I do when the writing is no longer enough?

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on September 15, 2024

I guess the only thing I can do is find something else.

Maybe addition is not the answer. Good design is typically subtractive, not additive. Design my life – what needs to go?

Maybe remove something before adding something. Not enough breaths in the day.
What do I do when writing is no longer enough?
Maybe adding an alternative is not the answer.
Maybe subtraction is the way.
“The best design is subtractive”, I once heard.
In the design of my life, what could I let go?
What would bring peace in its absence?

Temporary Victory Marks

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on September 4, 2024

I mark my victories on my skin. Kind of like the notches that warriors used to etch on their weapons, counting their kills, except these are not representing kills, but suppression. Non-lethal temporary marks for non-lethal temporary victories.

Temporary is the best I can reasonably hope for, but temporary or not, they are still victories and they’re truths that won’t be taken away from me.

The Loneliest Place

Published by Lee Under the Cedar Trees on August 4, 2024

A room full of people can feel like the loneliest place on earth, when every person there is just another reminder of your inherent failure to connect and/or understand. Paradoxically, sometimes it’s easier to remember you’re still human when you’re alone.

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