for_pondering
ovenbird
"
what
if
joy
is
not
only
entangled
with
pain
,
or
suffering
,
or
sorrow
,
but
is
also
what
emerges
from
how
we
care
for
each
other
THROUGH
those
things
?
What
if
joy
,
instead
of
a
refuge
or
relief
from
heartbreak
,
is
what
effloresces
from
us
as
we
help
each
other
carry
our
heartbreaks?"
Ross
Gay
from
his
2024
book
of
essays Inciting
Joy
250416
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from