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“When we hear the sound of the pine trees on a windy day, perhaps the wind is just blowing, and the pine tree is just standing in the wind. That is all they are doing. But the people who listen to the wind in the tree will write a poem, or will feel something unusual. That is, I think, the way everything is.”
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
“On the one hand, here is death: stagnant, permanent, immobilized, silent, unvarying, inactive, formless, characterless, shrinking, constrictive, irreversible. On the other hand, here is transition: active, forceful, adaptable, energetic, animated, expansive, full of possibility, capacious, comprehensive, vital, ambitious.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
“Trans people: Always mesmerized, held, fascinated, and ultimately defeated by reflective surfaces. What's that, you say? A mirror of some kind? Hold it up to me so I might gaze at it with longing and dissatisfaction.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
“Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.”
― Stone Butch Blues
― Stone Butch Blues
“I’d like to see poetry become as integral and common to life as music is. It would be nice to be able to enjoy a poem for a while—like a summer hit on the radio—in addition to enjoying a poem as an important, lasting work. I’d like to see poetry treated more like television. I admit, it sounds odd, but I’d love to see it understood as something available and enjoyable. It is. We should.”
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Luca’s 2025 Year in Books
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877 books
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114 friends
271 books
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47 friends
1,059 books
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53 books
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98 books
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78 friends
530 books
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85 friends
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