#Gift of Wisdom

[ryanranney]

The Source of Wisdom

What can I say to the horizon that it would obey my word? Can I speak that it should be moved So that it moves? What can I say to the storm that it would obey my word? Can I speak that it should relent So that it does relent? Yes a man may come to me with wisdom that would suit a man And being words shared amongst men Yet there is not one man who can come to me with wisdom beyond men. For if it…

[saixria]

Last chance to post this before people stop caring about Wisdom saga ODY AND ATHENA FRIENDSHIP MEAN SM TO ME YOU DONT GET IT

[itspileofgoodthings]

one of the things that continues to strike me on reread is how much the character of Darcy, and Austen through him, finds Mr. Bennet dead. And how much Elizabeth, in growing and changing and discarding her past blindness, has to move past her way of seeing her father and thus of seeing reality, because the two are connected! Darcy’s letter exposes her father’s flaws to Elizabeth in a way she’d never been able to see before. Most especially the way his laziness and neglect of his own gifts have hurt his family and that ultimately he doesn’t. care. Not enough to change. It literally says that she comes home from Hunsford and tries to laugh at her sisters’ and mother’s folly (the way she used to; the way her father has taught her to by example for her whole life) and she can’t anymore! It sticks in her throat. She is grieved by the failures that she sees in him, all the more so because she IS his favorite and she loves him! And the thing about Mr. Bennet is he never changes. The Lydia/wickham situation exposes to him sharply his own conduct and the consequences and he feels it! Because he is neither stupid nor unfeeling. But he, like everyone, has free will. And he chooses not to change when the opportunity presents itself. He even jokes about how quickly his feeling bad will pass and how soon everything will go back to normal, to his laziness and his selfishness. He is set in his ways and he serves as a contrast to Elizabeth’s personal journey because he embodies a version of a person she could have become and was in danger of becoming if her only goal at all times was to laugh at and judge people from the sidelines.

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Legend of Zelda Triforce Pins made by Naiaru

[crossedcourt]

Everyone's moved on but I'm still thinking about the vibes, the hilarity, the absolute peak Sexy Energy that was Shanghai and one half of two sets of generational rivals sitting courtside and watching their counterparts duke it out for the title. PARTICULARLY for the Sincaraz side of things.

Like - say you're Jannik, and you're looking at your team for strength and guidance and maybe to express some intimate frustration and who's that looking STRAIGHT back at you with his big brown eyes?

This guy:

And is he seated exactly where he is most unavoidable?

You bet:

Oh, and Roger Federer is there too, don't worry about it.

More behind a cut because this match would not stop giving.

When I say the eyelines were eyelining. Here's a classic moment where Jannik is looking at Simone. Simone isn't looking back, but you already fuckin know who is.

Later on and a shot where Carlos is all of two pixels and somehow you STILL know where he's looking.

Gathering these screenshots I realized when he wasn't yapping it up with Roger, Carlos spent a whole lot of this match touching his mouth.

Not much more to say about that.

Roger played it pretty neutral throughout but here's fork found in kitchen Carlos Alcaraz pictured smiling at some shit Jannik did.

Tell me why this man looks proud (?) of what his biggest rival is doing out on the court.

No thoughts here, just big brown eyes.

Jannik won! Hooray! Naturally, you'd think that's the last you have to see of Carlos being proud of / happy for / embarrassing about Jannik Sinner.

However, you would be wrong:

[quotelr]

Any training is initially difficult, but with persistence practice, we can master the art.

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

[annakwashere]

I can’t stop thinking about how this trio looks like a Cup head character hired two hot topic employees

[thespoonlagoon]

Hey Listen!!

If you have Rupees your looking to part with... Then perhaps I can interest you in some cool Zelda themed ways to store your Coffee or Salt in your kitchen? (or whatever you want to put in the jars)

I have Lon Lon Ranch and Goron City inspired Glass Storage Jars each available in two sizes, and beloved by customers all over the world! Go take a peek! Available on Etsy

[thepersonalwords]

Do the work in your unique style.

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

[vaguely-concerned]

returnal did not cure my depression but it did give me a strangely healing new perspective that makes it all a bit easier to bear. that perspective being 'I may be having a rough time right now, but at least I'm not inside the head of returnal protagonist selene vassos'

[averagelozenjoyer]

https://youtu.be/94RTrH2erPE?si=V5am1H71tyhFv-cu

A new Zelda game got announced and it looks fucking adorable!

WITH PLAYABLE ZELDA! WE NEED A PLAYABLE GANNONDORF TOO!!!

[jeannereames]

So, Princeton UP has a whole bunch of these, some more tongue in cheek than others. But they're essentially thematic, new translations of (largely but not exclusively) Greek and Roman authors on various topics. These are what I'd call pocket "back-of-the-commode" reading books. Ha. Short little collections. Amazon is having a nice sale on at least some of them (albeit not this one), if you're thinking about holiday presents. In my pique at Jeff Bezos, however, I'm linking to the PRINCETON UP page, where you can then pop over to look at the whole collection. I put the one on loving animals on my Christmas list. Ha.

[anjian]

Thoughts below.

1.

"Look at how she holds her leister. See her arms? You should angle yours like so," I said to Kheeta. "Learn from her. She is the best we have."

"Then ask her to teach me," she replied.

I could not. I was not permitted to speak to any of them any longer, unless I swore off my vengeance. I said my final words to Khloa two suns ago. I bid farewell to my fellow hunters after the last dawn, half-hidden in the mist so that we could not see each other's faces. When the Sapphiric Sun rises next, I will tell my sister good-bye.

"I cannot," I said simply.

"In two nights," she said, sparing no thought towards learning fishing techniques, "I will leave some provisions in the tree-hollow we used to hide in. The taller one. I will wrap them in cloth and twine."

The blood of the dying fish ran down the spear-haft. My chest ached, as though a fire burned deep within; one that could only be quenched by blood.

"Save them for the clan," I chastised.

"No." She touched my hand. "I will want to know that you still live."

2.

I have trouble imagining how a single Abyss can divide Lubrae in two. It is possible that the Abyss is in fact a circular moat that surrounds the City, and Lubraeans' worldviews are oriented such that there are only two sides of the Abyss -- the City side, and the wilderness side. However, thinking about the amount of land that would need to be encircled to provide everything a "crowded" urban area needs is too complicated for me. Especially if fresh water is also needed. Hence, I have gone with "island".

The "perpetual sunlight" can also be achieved with an orbital mirror, but I feel like the destructive potential is not enough compared to a laser.

3.

I realised two things: one, that the beggar was once a Sta--a guard; and two, that he was older than Khloa. Than Kheesa. Older than any of my clan had ever lived to be. Our eyes met. One of his remaining ones was cloudy with a cataract. The insignia of the Regime rattled in his bowl.

"Does the Afeln belong to you?" I asked, pointing my chin towards the animal beside him.

"Yes. It is a good one. Very good."

"It's too old to hunt," I told him. "You should eat it."

My companion, not liking our exchange, marched me into the damp abode of the apothecary.

4.

Some outfit drawings.

I think I am warming up to the idea of certain parts of designs being Earthlike. It helps with the reframing of the story.

[protoslacker]

Gratitude and reciprocity are the currency of a gift economy, and they have the remarkable property of multiplying with every exchange, their energy concentrating as they pass from hand to hand, a truly renewable resource. I accept the gift from the bush and then spread that gift with a dish of berries to my neighbor, who makes a pie to share with his friend, who feels so wealthy in food and friendship that he volunteers at the food pantry. You know how it goes.

Robin Wall Kimmerer in Emergence Magazine. The Serviceberry An Economy of Abundance

As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and ecological systems to reimagine currencies of exchange?

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer and illustrated by John Burgoyne

Robin Wall Kimmerer is donating her advance payments from this book as a reciprocal gift, back to the land, for land protection, restoration, and justice.

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In Loving Memory of Daniel Asher Cohen Massacred 7/10 Israel “ Black Saturday Terrorist Massacre” 

PART FOUR : “ Daniel’s 10 Commandments”

‎דניאל בקצרה ‎עשרת הדיברות “של דניאל”. ‎1. ⁠הקפד לתפוס שקיעה לאחר יום עבודה. ‎2.⁠ אסור לאהוב רק את מה שמותר. ‎3. לא צריך לקנות בית, כשהעולם פתוח. ‎4. היה נחמד ⁠לנותני השרות, הם אלה שבאמת עובדים. ‎5. אל תאכל תבשילים שיש להם אמא. ‎6. וייב טוב משמן טוב. ‎7. תן טיפ שמן למלצר, יומטוב לכולם. ‎8. יום בלי ישיבה זהו יום בלי תחליט. ‎9. לא צריך לקנות בגדים, משומש זה רך. קניות זה קשה. ‎10. מה שבטוח, זה שכסף בבנק לא בטוח.

May his memory forever be a blessing

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