grief

how can mourning be a private affair when grief does not know how to stay inside? – sisonke msimang

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via fb share by courtney martin then found her share on twitter:

“How can mourning be a private affair when grief does not know how to stay inside?” @Sisonkemsimang does it again. What a stunning piece: https://t.co/L7T1Fkxpih @GuernicaMag

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/courtwrites/status/1407919841546182657

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notes/quotes:

This pandemic has shown us we can call only one place home

How can mourning be a private affair when grief does not know how to stay inside?

To grieve is not simply sentimental; grief gives impetus to organizing, and this is how we live.

yeah .. that..

let’s try a nother way.. for all of us.. to get back home.. to get back to our roots (image is what grabbed me).. oikos ness..

oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space

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lewis anger law: i sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief – cs lewis

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