Welcome back, Cam!! So excited to see you posting on this platform and I can wait to read the musings of your fascinating mind.
Ooooh so many juicy topics in this one. I recently read that nostalgia is poison, and that idealizing the past detracts from the present moment. Nostalgia is like watching an edited film of our memories. The camera angle is different and the scenes are drenched in a whimsical golden light. It's anything but the truth, yet we dwell in the distorted frames and compare them to the relatively dull present. It's dangerous, and oh so seductive.
Brillaint metaphor pairing physical calcification with emotional rigidity! Your framing of molting as sustained ego death really captures something about staying open as we age. I've noticed the same tension in my own life between wanting stabiliity and needing to remain playful, and your question about fending off calcification hits home.
Also, I have so many questions about Cameron's World LMAO
Welcome back, Cam!! So excited to see you posting on this platform and I can wait to read the musings of your fascinating mind.
Ooooh so many juicy topics in this one. I recently read that nostalgia is poison, and that idealizing the past detracts from the present moment. Nostalgia is like watching an edited film of our memories. The camera angle is different and the scenes are drenched in a whimsical golden light. It's anything but the truth, yet we dwell in the distorted frames and compare them to the relatively dull present. It's dangerous, and oh so seductive.
Brillaint metaphor pairing physical calcification with emotional rigidity! Your framing of molting as sustained ego death really captures something about staying open as we age. I've noticed the same tension in my own life between wanting stabiliity and needing to remain playful, and your question about fending off calcification hits home.