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I Speak Because I Am Shattered
The great thing
is not having
a mind. Feelings:
oh, I have those; they
govern me. I have
a lord in heaven
called the sun, and open
for him, showing him
the fire of my own heart, fire
like his presence.
What could such glory be
if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters,
were you like me once, long ago,
before you were human? Did you
permit yourselves
to open once, who would never
open again? Because in truth
I am speaking now
the way you do. I speak
because I am shattered.
-Louise Glück
NOTES:
"As to future pharmaceutical approaches to major mental health problems, there is nothing on the horizon – most of the large drug companies have abandoned the search for new drugs to treat conditions such as depression or anxiety, considering that both the costs and the risks are far too great. This situation is not surprising – if we do not yet properly understand the functioning of even the simplest animal brains, there does not seem much prospect of responding effectively when things apparently go awry in our own heads. " (Matthew Cobb, The Idea of The Brain)
“I’m more like a cow. Cows move at their own pace.” from "Many A Little Makes" by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum: https://www.newyorker.com/books/novellas/many-a-little-makes
Sunny Prestatyn by Philip Larkin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfwF7-suGD4&ab_channel=Music%2CSpokenWordandMiscellanea
Modest Mouse Lampshades on Fire (cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulpm_YOaec&ab_channel=Gabrielle
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By Steve TellThe great thing
is not having
a mind. Feelings:
oh, I have those; they
govern me. I have
a lord in heaven
called the sun, and open
for him, showing him
the fire of my own heart, fire
like his presence.
What could such glory be
if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters,
were you like me once, long ago,
before you were human? Did you
permit yourselves
to open once, who would never
open again? Because in truth
I am speaking now
the way you do. I speak
because I am shattered.
-Louise Glück
NOTES:
"As to future pharmaceutical approaches to major mental health problems, there is nothing on the horizon – most of the large drug companies have abandoned the search for new drugs to treat conditions such as depression or anxiety, considering that both the costs and the risks are far too great. This situation is not surprising – if we do not yet properly understand the functioning of even the simplest animal brains, there does not seem much prospect of responding effectively when things apparently go awry in our own heads. " (Matthew Cobb, The Idea of The Brain)
“I’m more like a cow. Cows move at their own pace.” from "Many A Little Makes" by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum: https://www.newyorker.com/books/novellas/many-a-little-makes
Sunny Prestatyn by Philip Larkin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfwF7-suGD4&ab_channel=Music%2CSpokenWordandMiscellanea
Modest Mouse Lampshades on Fire (cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulpm_YOaec&ab_channel=Gabrielle