What you listed reminded me of things I’ve been meaning to read, and pointed me to some totally new things, which is always a joy! This also brought to mind the sense of inspiration and enrichment from sharing knowledge and connecting with others that I felt in the comments of Alicia’s FTD today. Thank you for keeping that feeling going.
“...the threads of any essay unraveling in my head, but ran out of time to braid them...” WOW! powerful writing, Devin, and thank you for the shout-out, so glad you made the soul cakes! (Good holiday cookies, right?)
The image in your first sentence alone - braiding of threads - coupled with the quotes you go on to share are a reminder of why your writing is resonating with so many: it's beauty woven with important truths that invite us to keep thinking, keep reading, keep asking.
So proud and lucky to be one of your readers, commenters, likers, Devin, and finally to have this opportunity to be connecting with so many like-minded people (many with origins in Alicia’s work, as we've noted before!)
A quick additional note, triggered by the fact that I get so excited when I see reading recommendations, and then I saw Clare basically say the same thing in her comment, too lol: I'd love to publish a post gathering together the reading I've been seeing people recommend, between you, Clare, Alicia, her comment section, my own and elsewhere! I always have this urge to curate lists, I have so many from over the years that I've just always done almost recreationally for myself, but to be able to share those with other people who give a shit (rather than have people asking me: why? What are you making those lists for? What's the point?) would be so wonderful.
What you listed reminded me of things I’ve been meaning to read, and pointed me to some totally new things, which is always a joy! This also brought to mind the sense of inspiration and enrichment from sharing knowledge and connecting with others that I felt in the comments of Alicia’s FTD today. Thank you for keeping that feeling going.
“...the threads of any essay unraveling in my head, but ran out of time to braid them...” WOW! powerful writing, Devin, and thank you for the shout-out, so glad you made the soul cakes! (Good holiday cookies, right?)
The image in your first sentence alone - braiding of threads - coupled with the quotes you go on to share are a reminder of why your writing is resonating with so many: it's beauty woven with important truths that invite us to keep thinking, keep reading, keep asking.
So proud and lucky to be one of your readers, commenters, likers, Devin, and finally to have this opportunity to be connecting with so many like-minded people (many with origins in Alicia’s work, as we've noted before!)
A quick additional note, triggered by the fact that I get so excited when I see reading recommendations, and then I saw Clare basically say the same thing in her comment, too lol: I'd love to publish a post gathering together the reading I've been seeing people recommend, between you, Clare, Alicia, her comment section, my own and elsewhere! I always have this urge to curate lists, I have so many from over the years that I've just always done almost recreationally for myself, but to be able to share those with other people who give a shit (rather than have people asking me: why? What are you making those lists for? What's the point?) would be so wonderful.