The storm before the calm.
Cameron Conaway, Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet.
“We were of thirteen minds, like a tree, in which there is one Red-tail and eleven squirrel parts.”
“...real childhood scars heal, but not when band-aids replace self-reflection.”
“Unreality cooled realitys burn.”
“The words he said, too, must be human enough to bleed.”
“A poet could kill the dead.”
“Poets, like fighters, both reap the benefits of roadwork.”
“Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face.”
“The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace.”
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“If your work is stressful, it's not your work.”
“When outcomes are uncertain, most of us spend a great deal of energy ruminating, worrying, and second-guessing ourselves. Not only is this a waste of time, but it makes us less likely to succeed”
“If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what youre needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.”