T.G.I.F.: Teetering on yourself

~ Live & Learn

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You push yourself to the edge
until you become the edge and teeter on yourself–
but there is no edge,
only new modes of consciousness swimming into one another.

~ Jim Harrison, from “A Natural History of Some Poems,” Just Before Dark: Collected Nonfiction

 

Notes: Poem source: Memory’s Landscape. Photography: No boundaries by Monique (via Mennyfox55)

22 thoughts on “T.G.I.F.: Teetering on yourself”

  5. Taking risks — if you don’t stretch, you don’t grow. That’s what I keep telling myself. Reminds me of that wonderful quote from William G.T. Shedd: “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”

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  7. Yikes! I hope she’s not suicidal. I’m balanced. I don’t have to get up on a chair to prove it. Anyway, my feet hurt just looking at hers. If I had done that stunt at home, my mother would have had a fit! Okay, okay. I know. I’m missing the finer point, but still….

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  9. “When you reach your edge, soften. Soften until you slip through the constraints and can create a new rhythm, a new route, a new release. Water is soft yet powerful.
    Reach your edge, and soften.”

    ~ Victoria Erickson

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