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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

slowly shifting away from "what am i feeling?" to "what do i want?" which as it turns out feels even *more* vulnerable

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3/15/2022

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

@the_wilderless mentioned the other day that from least to most vulnerable to share, for him: thoughts, bodily sensations, feelings, wants / desires / imaginings which resonates for me and i've been reflecting on it

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3/15/2022

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

"Suppose an eight-year-old writes a story about being chased down a mouse-hole by a monstrous spider. It'll be perceived as 'childish' and no one will worry. If he writes the same story when he's fourteen it may be taken as a sign of mental abnormality." https://t.co/3KC1wd49LR

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 5 years ago

ironically i'm now gonna quote someone else: keith johnstone said a similar thing in impro about artists censoring their creativity out of worry about how it reflects on them, rather than e.g. seeing art as something that pours out of but doesn't belong to the artist https://t.co/Tflw0EYCW1

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

"We have an idea that art is self-expression - which historically is weird. An artist used to be seen as a medium through which something else operated. He was a servant of the God." (@s0ulDirect0r) https://t.co/3KC1wd49LR

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 5 years ago

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

"Imagination is as effortless as perception, unless we think it might be 'wrong'... Then we experience ourselves as 'imagining', as 'thinking up an idea', but what we're really doing is faking up the sort of imagination we think we ought to have." https://t.co/3xUjA5SBwJ

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 5 years ago

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

oh good @the_wilderless wrote a thread elaborating on the thought-body-feeling-wanting ladder stuff from above; worth a read, i'm gonna be chewing on this https://t.co/XeoJEAXDRk

Rudra Dakini@the_wilderless• over 3 years ago

But even more so than emotions, it seems like soul, purpose, desire can be even harder to *recognize* or *allow* in ourselves, let alone express to others.

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3/16/2022

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

"It's weird. People are weird about soul." https://t.co/DA62VyWdya

Rudra Dakini@the_wilderless• over 3 years ago

I’ve been paying attention to this more, when people talk about what they want, their sense of purpose, their desires, etc, It’s weird. People are weird about soul. https://t.co/2ELidIQmj1

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4/11/2022

anansi 🌞@s0ulDirect0r• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

@QiaochuYuan basically exactly what i want to be, skillful tag here ser

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3/16/2022

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @s0ulDirect0r

@s0ulDirect0r if you haven't read this book like... impro is still my #1 overall book recommendation period and i think you would especially love it. here's one of several lovely blog posts about it: https://t.co/w8WHqolGEE

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3/16/2022

anansi 🌞@s0ulDirect0r• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

@QiaochuYuan I checked it out from the library and started it and quickly realized I was gonna need my own copy hah. I’m gonna order that today!

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3/16/2022

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @s0ulDirect0r

@s0ulDirect0r ayyyyyy

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3/17/2022

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

@s0ulDirect0r i feel like my initial reaction when i read impro for the first time was like “…is he allowed to talk about this??? is this legal???”

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3/17/2022

anansi 🌞@s0ulDirect0r• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

@QiaochuYuan i finished the section on Status before I took it back. I know exactly what you mean, it was mind blowing

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3/17/2022

QC@QiaochuYuan• over 3 years ago

Replying to @s0ulDirect0r

@s0ulDirect0r the section for you is the section on masks tho for real

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3/17/2022

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

@QiaochuYuan think it goes both ways https://t.co/X3EOB91GN3

yatharth ༺༒༻@AskYatharth• over 3 years ago

if you're using to asking what you're feeling, "what do i want?" can be the scary question if you're used to communicating what you want, asking how you feel can be scary https://t.co/xHRbAv3Hce

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3/16/2022

Hazard@natural_hazard• over 3 years ago

Replying to @QiaochuYuan

@QiaochuYuan Hell yeah

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3/16/2022