The great thing

is not having

a mind. Feelings:

oh, I have those; they

govern me. I have

a lord in heaven

called the sun, and open

for him, showing him

the fire of my own heart, fire

like his presence.

What could such glory be

if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters,

were you like me once, long ago,

before you were human? Did you

permit yourselves

to open once, who would never

open again? Because in truth

I am speaking now

the way you do. I speak

because I am shattered.

-Louise Glück

NOTES:

"As to future pharmaceutical approaches to major mental health problems, there is nothing on the horizon – most of the large drug companies have abandoned the search for new drugs to treat conditions such as depression or anxiety, considering that both the costs and the risks are far too great. This situation is not surprising – if we do not yet properly understand the functioning of even the simplest animal brains, there does not seem much prospect of responding effectively when things apparently go awry in our own heads. " (Matthew Cobb, The Idea of The Brain)

“I’m more like a cow. Cows move at their own pace.” from "Many A Little Makes" by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum: https://www.newyorker.com/books/novellas/many-a-little-makes

Sunny Prestatyn by Philip Larkin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfwF7-suGD4&ab_channel=Music%2CSpokenWordandMiscellanea

Modest Mouse Lampshades on Fire (cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulpm_YOaec&ab_channel=Gabrielle