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#1jour1citation #TissagEstival Petit fil de l'été, sans queue ni tête, au gré des lectures / découvertes
On commence en douceur du côté de l'Australie, avec Deborah Bird Rose, "Oiseaux de pluie" (2009) (in Vers des humanités écologiques, Wildproject, 2019)
wildproject.org/livres/vers-de…
"Une personne, dans ce contexte [peuples Yarralin du fleuve Victoria], est à la fois autonome et connectée, emmêlée dans des relations d'interdépendance, portant toujours des responsabilités pour d'autres, et étant toujours bénéficiaire de l'action des autres" (p. 46)
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#1jour1citation #TissagEstival Toujours Deborah Bird Rose, un peu plus loin, en cadeau à un ami que je rencontre ce midi (hâte! 😉😊)
"D’autres conteurs, comme l’oiseau de pluie, sont séquentiels ; ils racontent ce qui va se passer.
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What was Walt Whitman doing on a slave ship in 1856? /Thread
Whitman had recently published the first edition of Leaves of Grass. Reviews were mixed. He was struggling financially. He returned to journalism in New York. /2
Whitman accepted a commission from Life Illustrated to report on a ship named the Braman. This vessel had been about to sail to Africa before U.S. authorities, suspecting it was a slave ship, impounded it at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn (the slave trade was illegal since 1808) /3
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“You have no need to travel anywhere. Journey within yourself, enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendour of your own light.” ~ #Rumi

#quotes #wisdom #life #light Image
Even
After
All this time
The Sun never says to the Earth,

"You owe me."

Look
What happens
With a love like that,
It lights the whole sky.

#Hafiz #Hafez #poetry #sky #clouds #love 💗🌎💗 Image
“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.” ~ Samuel Butler (1835-1902) British poet

#quote #quoteoftheday #life #wisdom #dogsoftwitter #dog Image
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