"It is not external things that restrict us; it is our minds that are attached to things that restrict us"—Ryoshun Nakano #buddhism
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Self expression in poetry
You don't need to talk about your feelings or yourself to express yourself through art and creativity. Anything you might create about the world outside yourself is also about you.
https://rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2024-07-26-self-expression-in-poetry/
Self expression in painting: The allure of emotional watercolor
A dream about painting emotions challenged me to try another way of depicting what I see.
I wrote this to someone today and it kind of encapsulates my take on life:
The trees have been a comfort to me as well. They remind us the world is what it is, and to expect it to change to conform to our wishes and dreams, however valid they may be, is a conceit of our own. Buddhism tells us to look within, to look at who is doing the looking, and to see that both the cause of our suffering and the pain it brings are externalities to that inner point of…
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