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i think that we've invented 2 much stuff that mediates our interaction with the world.
the other day i was despairing because i'd brought a passionfruit to the beach as a post-snorkel snack but had forgotten to bring a knife to cut it open or a spoon to eat it with, and i was sooo close to giving up and putting it back in2 my bag. but then then i remembered that i have teeth, and fingers, and a tongue!!!! and i tore into the skin with my canines!!! the juice came flooding out straight into my mouth and i got so sticky and it was the best passionfruit ive ever had, and i so nearly just didn't get to experience that, because i'd so almost forgotten that i'm an animal!!! with built in fruit-opening tools!!!!
p.s. this rec is doubling as a tear into a passionfruit with ur teeth rec, because it was quite frankly euphoric. sensual, even
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you need to eat
with your hands
to taste life
you need to touch life
you need to tear it apart
get to the very middle
get to the heart
feel it beat
understand when it rushes
and when it slows
understand when it says stop
and when it says go
you need to eat with your hands
to love
life
to
know.
- mia moretti.
Jul 1, 2024
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i need to return to my animal instincts… put the anthropological machine in reverse!!!
Feb 8, 2024
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tearing them apart with your hands and poppin them down your gullet like a squirrel or small bird. makes you feel in tune with a more primal form of eating
Nov 7, 2023
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Feb 1, 2024
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romanticise ur blunders & ur missteps, bc that is just part of being a creature. if u saw a duckling fall flat on its face and scramble 2 its feet u wouldn't judge the freakin duckling, u would think it was the cutest thing ever. because it is. we r just organisms in big ungainly bodies, and that is part of our charm. tripping over ur own feet is maybe the most adorable thing u can do. like awwhh u tripped on the pavement </333
this extends 2 social interactions 2. messaging exes that u miss them, making a joke that doesn't land, mishearing/not knowing/forgetting something, etc??!!?! SO SWEET. genuinely such wonderful & important & adorable things 2 do.
i think this is maybe the best thing i've ever managed 2 train my brain 2 do. it isn't foolproof but it makes life a lot gentler.
Feb 5, 2024
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just about everything that happens to you will be interesting to your future self/your descendants/archaeologists. immortalise your to do lists, shopping lists, packing lists, things that loved ones say, things that strangers say, the phrases you hear that would make a good band name. brainstorm what to do on the weekend, list your cravings, the songs stuck in your head, transcribe birdsong, etc. i track my periods & my finances in my journal. sometimes if i really want to take a photo of something i'll restrain myself and draw it in my journal instead. sometimes i take notes for uni in there, or draft sewing patterns, or sketch when im bored. journals are self-portraits!!!!!!!
Apr 21, 2024