A Book Of The Heart

In another court, in another life, in circular time.

Photo: Guan YinA Book Of The Heart is a reader-supported publication.

Aug 31 • 

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June 2025

To be revolutionary doesn’t require pitchforks and burning torches.

Photo: Liberty Leading The People by Eugène DelacroixA Book Of The Heart is a reader-supported publication.

Jun 29 • 

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A tree dies quietly, but it is no less sorrowful a thing to witness.

Photo: A screenshot of a video of the leaves of my tree dancing in the wind.A Book Of The Heart is a reader-supported publication.

Jun 22 • 

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May 2025

Most of us are more similar to each other in our pain than we realise.

Photo: Medusa (La Meduse), Salvador Dali, 1963

May 24 • 

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April 2025

We Live in Time

Photo: Still from We Live in Time

Apr 20 • 

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March 2025

The ocean holds me like a mother.

Photo: A glorious sunrise in Maldives, taken by me.

Mar 6 • 

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February 2025

Be it in silence and stillness, or in the loud, raucous act of living.

Photo: Justin and Lucy, Apple Cider Vinegar

Feb 23 • 

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January 2025

For now, this is the intent behind action.

Photo: The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky

Jan 20 • 

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I will let my voice sing, even if only for myself.

Photo: Field of Wildflowers by Gantner

Jan 6 • 

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Trust, to close your eyes.

Photo: Kumquat Tree by Melissa Willett

Jan 2 • 

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The lithe, black snake drifts into the light.

Photo: Two Snakes by Albertus Seba

Jan 1 • 

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October 2024

Love, love, love.

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Oct 16, 2024 • 

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