@butterbooter

noter to self. neo-preacher. earnestposter and dilettante. as killer mike once said: I am a beautiful wonderful thing

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Joined January 2011
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There is no soul without a guardian over it. Q86 (Al-Tariq): Verse 4
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there are so many thoughts of distinct nature in the mind; we must learn to distinguish between them. I’ve come to believe that God rewards you for listening to the voice that has been placed in you for good purposes, and the reward for listening to it is a stronger version of it
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His favor upon you is immense. Q17 (Al-Isra): Verse 87
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when I want to know the woo benefits of a certain thing (today it was foot soaks and sesame oil) I first look up what TCM says and then what ayurveda says. often, the two are in complete agreement—as if they’re talking about the same thing in different terms. many such cases
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I lean perennialist because of my sufi parents and so I find that looking at things in broad strokes often reveals a deeper truth than the nitpicky details. and woo matters to me because I think science has way too much to figure out and catch up on
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Bzz@bazyleeshek
Oct 5
ai slop made me appreciate manmade dogshit
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Go to the 1:31 mark in this video. Madhuri Dixit stands on her left leg and moves her right leg in circles - 16 rounds in total, eight clockwise and eight anticlockwise. The circles are large enough to make her ghaghra twirl along with the leg, yet her upper body remains almost perfectly still and balanced, while both the hands are also twirling with the leg and she continues performing the expressions and lip sync as per the lyrics. That's a Kathak-trained dancer performing in a very heavy Rajasthani folk outfit executing a movement that is a version of a ballet move called rond de jambe all while maintaining balance, rhythm, control and expression. Sorry, but while Karishma Kapoor was good, she was not even close to Madhuri Dixit.
shining in the setting sun ✨@idekwhybutwell
Oct 4
if you really think about it madhuri dixit was too overhyped for her dancing skills when karishma kapoor was actually a far better dancer than she was
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from a farther room by david gilbert (my favorite short story) eyes of a blue dog by g marquez garcia bartleby the scrivener by herman melville
brian@brianonhere
Oct 4
please tell me 2-3 short stories you like that you can remember right off the dome without digging in to any lists or notes. maybe not favorite but ones you can cite off rip 1. p’s parties jhumpa lahiri 2. class war to nantucket 3. the kij johnson one about the bridge builder
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I have long admired the Catholics, who I not only see as our brethren and people of the book, but as similarly guilt-driven and misunderstood people
𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎@hellspatisserie
Oct 3
Inside of 15 years the Roman Catholic Church changed its reputation from “backwards cabal of evil pedophilic rapists” to “the only major international social force taking a firm, humanist leadership role on the issues of the day”
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kyle@Caol_MacCormaic
Oct 4
david lynch, i think paraphrasing either his childhood friend's dad or robert henri, said you need six uninterrupted hours to finish two hours of painting
𝓣𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓮 🍂@LadyLeisure_
Oct 4
The most creative person you know is doing nothing at all.
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If there was one thing I could tell my spiritual, but not religious friends, is that people who go to church also find God in nature, the woods, and in sunsets.
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Jesseline@artemisgrl
Oct 4
I have no desire to be harmless. I want to be honest about the things that move me.
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went though a bunch of my old journals today and decided to start writing in journals again. maybe a small daily check in. it’s really the best way to remember yourself as you truly were
ѵi૮ƭσ૨@keoveey
Oct 4
maybe the nicest thing about writing is that you get to meet your own thoughts later
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today’s haiku instagram.com/eliapocalypse
shy fawkes@butterbooter
Oct 2
oh, to want to make ourselves worthy of the celestial bodies that keep our world ordered
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we will not be sitting full of life and promise and be feeling sorry for ourselves. we will be many things, but not pathetic
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in frightened states I remind myself that fear is a crisis of courage, which is a crisis of faith, which is agony at realizing how little control one can have over acts of fate. you are out here for a ride which you are not conducting, only reacting to. be strong. get with it
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whenever I try to help a bug I end up hurting it. I am so large and it is so small. everything I do makes changes in its life. perhaps it is better not to interfere. perhaps there is wisdom in letting things live their lives
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been feeling like chance orients itself to make way for your footsteps. it’s your movement that allows for it to orbit. there is no luck, there is only us and our minds and God
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don’t think about it, just move
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we sometimes forget that we don’t need to stay standing where we are just because we’ve been there for a while
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Dr Bai🪱@doctorbaixue
Oct 2
People acting surprised that the Pope is backing the artists as if the Catholic Church, for all its faults, isn't one of the greatest and longest patrons of the arts the world has ever known.
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