Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Spring:

Do you believe in rebirth?

I think I do now

We emerge just like her

Rapidly flourishing

Demanding life

What does it mean,

To experience the dance

of being

sylvia plath

art will save you, being unreasonably passionate about something niche will save you, letting past sources of joy show you the way back to yourself will save you, earnestness over composure will save you, the natural world will save you, caring for something bigger than yourself will save you, daring to be seen will save you, kindness not as a whim but a principle will save you, appreciation as a practice will save you, daring to try something new will save you, grounding will save you, love will save you, one good nights sleep will save you

"it's all in your head" correct! unfortunately I am also in there

the feminine urge to stay gone. be unseen, be unavailable, be unheard of. disappear.

Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1947-1955