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“She can’t stop thinking that a culture allergic to failure is also a culture allergic to imagination.”

We are so afraid of pain. But our most uncomfortable stories, our most painfully jagged and indissoluble griefs are also the cracked places where our luminous awareness and belonging can arrive.

Imagine my surprise and delight upon finding out the title is from Kurosawa's Dreams! side note, I have now finally seen Kurosawa's Dreams.