Pain

“Beauty promises recognition, connection, and loftiness. It invites us to soar and transcend. Beauty lends magnitude to our lives, but we feel dislocated if we miss sense and substance. Its absence is like a fall from grace. Beauty is one of the last refuges against emptiness. Without it, we become void drifters in a barren world. (“Absence of Beauty is like Hell“ )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Let us not be manipulated by societal scripts if we want to maintain our self-authorship that guarantees independent thought and action, allowing social relations to run smoothly. ("Terra Incognita - The lady is a tramp")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“We do not merely absorb reality: we can shape reality. Our consciousness is not split from how we view the world: it creates space for momentum and original undertakings. ("The umbrella of our imagination")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“If mutual threads are hopelessly entangled in our abstract world, we must return to our lived experiences, recover a deep sense of meaning, and navigate the tension between feeling right and individuality. (“After Bowling Alone”)”
― Erik Pevernagie