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“And since when is honesty a prize rather than a practice” MAGGIE LOVE YOU BABE

“This freedom is important. It allows for a dance; it allows you to see yourself dancing in reaction. […] you can then ponder the classic question, did I fail the work, or did it fail me? When or what was the tipping point, and why?”

I ❤️ Maggie Nelson

Checking back in with my girl Maggie, she’s got great takes. I love my parasocial relationship with her :P

“But what I tru to show is the opposite: how at every moment, the world presents us with a composition in which a multitude of meanings and realities are available, and you are able to swim, lucid and self contained, in a turbulent sea of multiplicity.”