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Urania opens 3mm to pump today’s nectar onto the page. “Five-hundred and fifty five?!”
“Ihhhhm-prehhhhh-siv!” Thalia executes a flawless backflip, then trips over Henny’s stuffed panda.
“Might I remind us… that one of Charlotte’s webs said ‘HUMBLE’….” Calliope clears her throat and her cheeks pink, “though I agree we are doing okay… in the make-so-much-they-can’t-ignore-you department.”
Pick up a sunflower and count the florets running into its center, or count the spiral scales of a pine cone or a pineapple, running from its bottom up its sides to the top, and you will find an extraordinary truth: recurring numbers, ratios and proportions.
~Charles Jencks
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A note from Loveletterist:
Would love to hear about something (a skill? a project? something else?) you are taking steps to build in today's comments! Over on Instagram, one of my friends took a step toward learning how to ride a bike. 🚲 How cool is that?
The video challenge marches on! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwiY_qEtUCD/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D
And this morning my friend Elaine and I shared a community conversation about paying attention. My curiosity around sunflowers spiked and led to some of the links in today's letter (quote & Ted Lasso).
You can listen to the replay here (require mobile Clubhouse app):
https://www.clubhouse.com/room/MR0YYy88?utm_medium=ch_room_xr&utm_campaign=3MKslrpXVNhSycVUAFAWvQ-873027
We'd love to have you join us next Wednesday! If interested you can join the Mind of Curiosity house and/or send me an email asking me to add you to the room's Curiosity Crew email list.
I like the use of “nectar” to describe the contents of this and every love letter. “Tupelo Honey” by Van Morrison comes to mind. 🤔
Your selection of this particular Ted Lasso clip was a sublime choice. I heard “you” in the docent’s comments on Van Gogh. Don McLean’s “Starry, starry night,” provides some icing on this love letter today as well.
Ted’s expression of gratitude was delightful, Gail. “Well done”, said the nearly deaf, color-blind guy. 🙏🏽