Quotes- 51
When death shall come, I will embrace it, just like the way a child sleeps in the mother's lap. Sometimes we feel like we are at the center of everything but actually we might be just at the periphery as a spectator. We are the prisoners of our actions, we cannot escape the consequences.
Quotes- 50
Thought of continuing the quote series :) Motherhood is not about giving birth to children, it's about raising them. It's the men who resemble monsters, women look graceful even when naked. Learning is the only way through which we give meaning to our lives.
We went to see this the other evening and I have been thinking about it a lot.
First because I went into the film knowing really nothing about it (other than it was in space), and about 10 minutes in, I thought, ah, so Andy Weir likes to write books about 'man alone in space'.
But then as I got into the movie, I realised that the man-alone-in-space theme is only part of it. He's not glorifying individualistic crusade, he's showing us how much we need each other. We need our friends. Without them, we are lost and we'll die.
I've only ever read/seen one other work of Andy Weir (The Martian) and I'm using this limited sample of two works to decide that Andy Weir really likes writing about friendships, and he does it REALLY WELL.
I love this because friendships and connections are one of the things I explore in my own writing, because I love it so much, and I want to be better at writing about those relationships -- the true, deep affection you feel for your friends and the way you can support each other. In the film, it's literally about life and death but also in real life, our connections are life and death. Loneliness kills us.
That's not to say that romantic love is completely ignored. I felt a pang of grief when Rocky's talking about his mate, and Grace makes a joke about the length of time they've been together (over 100 years) and Rocky says something like, 'It's not long enough.' Because of course it isn't. For our closest people, our closest loves, it's never long enough. We always want more.
I also appreciated the way that Rocky and Grace are quite evenly matched, intellectually. Of course they are, because their civilisations have both sent them out to find a solution to the problem, but I like the emphasis on how difference does not equal inferior.
Anyway, I will likely watch this film again, and probably read the book too. It's not perfect, because it is art made by humans, and we are not perfect. But I loved the characters a lot, and I loved the friendship a lot, and it made me feel better about the world and our capacity to connect with each other, whoever that other may be.
New blog post up:
https://strangelyentangled.com/blog/musings-80s-hardware/
Musings on Saturday morning trips to computer stores in the #1980s, and how today's tech just lacks the personality that computers back then had.
I want to change that (for myself) with a modern #cyberdeck that evokes some of that 1980s personality.
"The moment someone believes their mission exempts them from reflection, they stop being a force for good." ~Loose Threads (Luke) youtube video link
This line was uttered in the context of analysing Ghibli villains that, in other contexts, might have been the hero, but it seems to explain my experience of seeing people purportedly fighting for social justice commit lateral violence 
Often, they will have some sort of actual track record, but have teetered off the path, or be dismissive of others, or have a world view that, because they are marginalised, they are incapable of being the one doing the marginalisation.
We all grow up in societies that marinate us in their bigotries, and unless it's concerning a bigotry you're directly targetted by, it takes conscious, often life-long effort to undo those effects and be a force for positive change.
In that pursuit, self-examination and reflection are a key ingredient that drives everything else. Without it, knowledge is difficult to find and even more difficult to absorb. Empathy will lack the knowledge to drive it to positive action. Even empathy may become worn down by the cruelties of the world.
I know "check yourself becore you wreck yourself" is beyond meme status at this point, but it points yo this same truth: continued self-reflection with unclouded eyes is paramount to continue to change the world for the better 
Presence
Wouldn’t it be nice…
To arrive with something
Made by hand
A page where colors once
Listened to your breath …
A small painting carrying a piece of your day
Not bought, but felt, and gently given …
Wouldn’t it be nice…
To gift a folded note, written slowly
With words that sat beside
Your heart for a while
Ink becoming warmth in
Someone else’s hands
A letter that lingers longer
Than any object …
Wouldn’t it be nice…
To bring a pressed flower
From a walk you loved
Held between pages like a
Secret of the earth
A moment of stillness
Wrapped in paper
A memory, passed from you to them …
Wouldn’t it be nice…
To offer a jar filled with tiny intentions
Little lines of hope, of courage, of light
So on heavy days, they can open one
And find you there, in a sentence …
Wouldn’t it be nice…
If our gifts carried pieces of our presence
Instead of things that fade
Without a story ..
A drawing, a word, a fragment of soul
Simple, and somehow, enough …
#roksanatales
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Wouldn’t it be nice?
Tell me!
The unscheduled monthly post #4 #musings #blogging #draftoops
https://eloreenmoon.com/2026/04/06/the-unscheduled-monthly-post-4-musings-blogging-draftoops/
My goal for this year was to release a post on the first Sunday of each month. I’m currently writing this on my phone with only a few minutes before it’s Monday. Not my finest moment this month. If I figure out how to add images, I’ll be set. It’s not looking good, so probably will not have images in this post. It’s a shame because my intention was for readers to have something to observe [...]
There are far too many people who want to write, but have not seen a piece of written work in their lives.
At least read Rainbow Fish before you pick up a pen god damn-
#amwriting #writingcommunity #indieauthor #musings #writersofmastodon
Currently still in the nice free time before the next job starts. And I'm wondering.. Has the medication therapy to lower my migraines worked so well or is it just that I haven't had any stress the last few months? 🤔
..I suspect I'll have migraines again by the end of May.. 🙃
What would need to change in your world for you to be present in your everyday?
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