"I wanted to land in a new life where everything—bodies,
ambitions—would work seamlessly and efficiently. Trapped in corpse pose, in a
motionlessness that was supposed to be relaxing, I felt the specter of
stagnation hovering over my existence. I missed, suddenly, the part of me that
thrilled to sharpness, harshness, discipline. I had directed these instincts at
my mind, kept them away from my body, but why? I needed a break from yoga,
which had reminded me, just then, of how I’d felt all throughout Peace Corps—as
if I didn’t know what I was doing, and never would."
~Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, 2019
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