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Small wonders

3 fragments · 3 of my notes

Things that made me stop this autumn. For grey days.

1
a quote

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

— attributed to Maya Angelou

presencegratitude

A small reminder to look again, even on an ordinary day.

Read these two together: first you notice, then you let it pass through you.

2
from a film

You are a prism

The world is full of beauty and it's up to you to capture it. To look and to share it with as many people as you can. You are a prism through which that beam of life refracts.

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

writingbeauty

A way to think about writing: not inventing the light, but letting it pass through you.

And sometimes the wonder is simply overheard, on the way home.

3
a note

Overheard on the tram

First guy: "Do you like, like, extra-pretty girls or normal-pretty girls?" Second guy: "Normal-pretty, I guess." First guy: "In that case we're going to Heidi's Bier Bar."
overheardOslo