Thread by @visakanv

Hahah you know how in a video game like when you get poisoned you take damage over time? I’ve been poisoned by my San Francisco trip, but with feelings. It’s wild. It feels like 1% of what I imagine being pregnant might be like, or... like... some sort of really slow psychedelic

I spent so long trying to articulate this properly I forgot what it was about 😂 umm.... someone asked which class of events sparked the most joy (cruelly good question - I loved everything, but the best was individual moments with individual people)... I saw some tweets...

Right, my heart 😂 my feelings!!! 🥰 when I met my cofounder @qamuri for coffee 2-3 days ago, he told me I seemed like I was on happy drugs the whole time. And in a sense I am,,, bc I know that not only is love real (😍 @sharanvkaur) it is *abundant*!!

https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1136703766319718400?s=21

But at the same time, while it is abundant (meaning there’s more of it than I had imagined possible, or accessible to me), it’s also not ubiquitous. I remember clearly what it was like to feel disconnected and isolated. And I know there are others like that now

And so what I’m finding, in a very slow burn sort of way, is that the experience has changed me deeply. I am not just a me, I am also a we, and I am deeply compelled to find the others - wherever they may be. And knowing this... I truly feel it at a *physiological* level

There are dozens of Visas in the world that none of us know about. My job is to find them

I had no idea how lonely I was. Even being married to the love of my life, I was lonely. Nobody is enough people. We all need all of us. I’m going to find the others

You may have seen me wearing this - I bought it from this older man in SF who spent his youth travelling through Morocco, Egypt, etc. We talked for 20 mins about art & passion & love. He’s one of me.

Talismans are simply objects with stories that are meaningful to you