Holly B.F. Warren Artist -Mind Wanderer- Writer Optimist

Category: thinking

  • The Irony of Calm

    Can we calm up?Does it need flaring down? There is a distinct, sharp irony in the phrase Calm down.It arrives not as a life-preserver but as an anchor dropped directly onto a drowning soul. In the theater of high emotion, hearing those two words is like watching someone pull a heavy curtain shut, willfully becoming…

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  • The Irony of Calm

    Can we calm up?Does it need flaring down? There is a distinct, sharp irony in the phrase Calm down.It arrives not as a life-preserver but as an anchor dropped directly onto a drowning soul. In the theater of high emotion, hearing those two words is like watching someone pull a heavy curtain shut, willfully becoming…

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  • The Recipe for Action.

    Whim and Wit. Fulfillment is a lot like sourdough: it’s temperamental, requires constant feeding, and if you ignore it for a week, it starts to smell a bit funky. To get the texture just right, we’re upgrading the pantry. Instructions 1. The Honesty ReductionIn a heavy-bottomed pot, simmer your Honesty until the “performative nonsense” evaporates.…

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  •                  Fragments

    The Alchemy of the Fragment: Turning the Inside OutWe are rarely a single, solid story. Instead, we are a collection of echoes, sudden flashes of light, and the quiet weight of shadows. We are made of fragments: the jagged edge of a morning argument, the velvet texture of a dream, the precise blue of a…

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