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RUSSELšŸ¤™@rslantonie• over 3 years ago

finally finished my first read-through of @visakanv's introspecti think it's safe to say that this book has gently and casually shattered my self-concept

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3/2/2022
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RUSSELšŸ¤™@rslantonie• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

@visakanv the book really advocates one major move: take quick notesbut the real groundbreaking stuff happens when you READ and INVESTIGATE the notes you leave behind

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RUSSELšŸ¤™@rslantonie• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

i've been anxious to read the [[SQUIGGLE SCREECHES]] that i've left behind for three months, but reading how gentle visa was in personal journey of introspection through the book's "ramblings" gave me the courage to delve into my own writing

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RUSSELšŸ¤™@rslantonie• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

it was cool to recognize parts of my own writing that i could personally improve: personal voice, word choice, pacingreading thru my entries, i felt like a teacher grading my own essays, but it felt oddly nourishing. i then asked myself, "why wasn't writing fun LIKE THIS?"

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RUSSELšŸ¤™@rslantonie• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

my mind flashed back to all of the times when i wrote while being educated: stressed, perfectionistic, constrainedand then it hit me. i loved writing. i always have. just never on other people's terms.

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RUSSELšŸ¤™@rslantonie• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

i felt this wave of sadness for all of the times i had put my internal voice of articulation under so much scrutiny and doubtmy fear to read my writing was a fear of subjecting myself to the tyrant that i was secretly so familiar withbut no longer.

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RUSSELšŸ¤™@rslantonie• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

growing up, i quietly held tight onto a dream to become a musician as it kept me company through the hoops of prestige and meritocracyafter reading through my notes alongside visa's threads, that dream grew hollow and brokenbut a curious light peeked through.

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RUSSELšŸ¤™@rslantonie• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

a memory bubbled through the surface: me at two years old, reading to a group of curious toddlers.my first relationship was with music, but my first love was with the written word.

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RUSSELšŸ¤™@rslantonie• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

i wrote in my latest squiggle screech: "all that we need to be okay is to write."thank you so much @visakanv for allowing your passion for words to shine through your book, as it reignited mine.

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

@russlramos ā¤ļøšŸ™šŸ¾

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lemon (not)@lemonaut1• over 3 years ago
Replying to @rslantonie

@russlramos @visakanv nice thread! this one caused me to finally buy the book. excited to report back in the future on how it goes...

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3/6/2022