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My dear friends and readers:
update regarding my mother.
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Sandhya, writer & musician
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To whom it may concern: update on my mother.
For everyone else: The next THE BODY IS THE SOUL installment will appear this Friday.
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Sandhya, writer & musician
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9:41
The brain wants what it wants, 🧠♥️
or else it does not care. Emily Dickinson was wrong about anatomy but right about love. (THE BODY IS THE SOUL #6)
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RIP Sinéad O'Connor
I don't know how even a brave soul like you could survive the suicide of a teen child.
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Sandhya, writer & musician
5:06
Life in a memoir trance
...is fruitful but only sometimes fun and also hard to sustain.
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Good boundaries versus getting paid.
Mental wellness is an unpaid gig and our economy runs on emotional abuse.
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I Am 100% Pro-Abortion
If that idea bothers you, get over yourself.
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My body shouted at me as if to prove Julian Jaynes was right.
THE BODY IS THE SOUL, ENTRY #1. Also, some announcements for the new year.
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Sandhya, writer & musician
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Effective Altruism: ethical stance or favorite moral loophole for plutocrats?
Related: "Future humans" sound an awful lot like "the unborn" to me--mythical beings who prolong actual human suffering in the here and now.
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Sandhya, writer & musician
An atheist gins up some Grace, Part 3 of 3
Proof that I've at least somewhat transcended a lifetime of rage, grief, and emotional trauma? I spent 33 days being genuinely good and loving to my…
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Sandhya, writer & musician
11:29
Goodbye for now, and thanks.
PLAY IT BY EAR will go quiet so I can concentrate on writing a book.
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Sandhya, writer & musician
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11:05
Do what you love, the mindf*ck will follow.
If money is the only measure of value, "working musician" is just another shitty service-industry job.
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Sandhya, writer & musician
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