eye – satomipoema

My eyes were glued on life

and they were full of tears.

– Jack Kerouac –

Eye clinic in Tainan, Taiwan (1962) Photo by Wang Shuang-chuan 王雙全

the two most important phrases in therapy, as in yoga,

are “Notice that” and “What happens next?”

Once you start approaching your body with curiosity

rather than with fear, everything shifts.

– Bessel A. van der Kolk – The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

©Jack Davison.

He might be a very good liar, but I know when he’s telling the truth. He doesn’t fool me.

– Paula Hawkins – The Girl on the Train

later that night

i held an atlas in my lap

ran my fingers across the whole world

and whispered

where does it hurt?

it answered

everywhere

everywhere.

– Warsan Shire –

What I can not say is more important than what I say.

– Clarice Lispector –

Ph : Jack Davison

I met you in today’s smile; as warm as ever, as full of the various colors that you get me drunk.

– MIhail Drumeș –

Her eyes were those of someone who’s just fallen in love, someone who sees nothing but her lover, someone who has no fear of anything. The eyes of someone who believes that every dream will come true, that reality will move if you just give it a push.
– Banana Yoshimoto – Asleep

I watch the beauty for as long as I can, then turn and face the rest of it.
– Markus Zusak – I Am the Messenger
Ph : Federica Erra