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Existentialist Embroidery

A tradition is not a material entity that can survive apart from any human agency. It can live only by a people's power to grasp its structure, and to answer to the warmth of its fires.

Rebecca West
3d ago

The human species is engaged in the act of creating itself. We are shaping our own evolution through the choices we make, and this is both our greatest burden and our highest calling.

2mo ago

The human species is engaged in the act of creating itself. We are shaping our own evolution through the choices we make, yet we proceed as though we were merely passive observers of our own development.

2mo ago

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