Tag: Winter

And I also know a way of life that is soft pride, grace of movement, light and continuous frustration, that has a skill at aloofness that comes from a long and ancient path. Like a tiny sign of revolt an irony light and eccentric. There’s a side of life that’s like drinking coffee on a terrace in winter cold bundled up in wool.

I know a way of life that’s a light shadow unfurled to the wind and flapping lightly on the ground: a life that’s floating shadow, levitation and dreams in broad daylight: I live the richness of the earth.

— Clarice Lispector, tr. by Elizabeth Lowe, “The Stream of Life” (Água Viva) 

 

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Notes:

• Photo: DK, Daybreak. January 21, 2021. 7:07 am. 32° F. & Snowing. Cove Island Park, Stamford CT.
• Quote Source weltenwellen
• Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”