Thank you for this! A very relatable read! The link on your stories brought me here. Thinking on the gift economy all the time these days, how deeply it opposes the marketeer mindset that increasingly infects us all, in deviously nuanced ways. Every aspect of our lives is threatened with transaction over care, the antidote being the act of giving and the response of gratitude within our relationships. I like how you analyze your personal vignettes to illustrate this and more. The quotes by Brown and Kimmerer are on point and so immediately accessible. Need to read their works
Love that Robin Wall-Kimmerer quote - she has a way of articulating a vision of how the world could be - so beautiful & so achievable. It restores hope.
Thank you for this! A very relatable read! The link on your stories brought me here. Thinking on the gift economy all the time these days, how deeply it opposes the marketeer mindset that increasingly infects us all, in deviously nuanced ways. Every aspect of our lives is threatened with transaction over care, the antidote being the act of giving and the response of gratitude within our relationships. I like how you analyze your personal vignettes to illustrate this and more. The quotes by Brown and Kimmerer are on point and so immediately accessible. Need to read their works
This piece is phenonmenal Lovage.
Damn... I'm going to think about that Wendy Brown quote for a long time.
Love that Robin Wall-Kimmerer quote - she has a way of articulating a vision of how the world could be - so beautiful & so achievable. It restores hope.