Stacy

“The bigger problem is this: Logic can be tweaked to say anything you want it to say. Only guts tell the truth, and your gut says this could be big if you can get the momentum you need. Your gut is processing all the data from everywhere. And the idea feels good.”
― Leela Sinha M.Div., You're Not Too Much: Intensive Lives in an Expansive World

“Two painters were rivals in a contest. Each painter would try to make a picture that produced a more perfect illusion of the real world. One painter named Zeuxis painted a likeness of grapes so natural that birds flew down to peck at them. Then his opponent, Parrhasius, brought in his picture covered in a cloth. Reaching out to lift the curtain, Zeuxis was stunned to discover he had lost the contest. What had appeared to be a cloth was in reality his rival’s painting. A story from Ancient Greece”
― Greg Goode, The Direct Path: A User Guide

“Expansives are often really uncomfortable with the size and scope of what we can see. But they call it “being realistic.” We learn, over time, that this is toxic to us. Instead, if you want to think big, THINK BIG.”
― Leela Sinha M.Div., You're Not Too Much: Intensive Lives in an Expansive World

“Although the surface of our planet is two-thirds water, we call it the Earth. We say we are earthlings, not waterlings. Our blood is closer to seawater than our bones to soil, but that's no matter. The sea is the cradle we all rocked out of, but it's to dust that we go. From the time that water invented us, we began to seek out dirt. The further we separate ourselves from the dirt, the further we separate ourselves from ourselves. Alienation is a disease of the unsoiled.”
― Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction