Mind hoard
I love the word ‘hoard’, in the sense of a bardic ‘word-hoard’, or here, a hoard of observations you stash in the cupboard of the imagination, a mind-hoard. And I like the absolution from having to understand those bright-shining things you...
Within and without
A thoughtful assertion, that cheerfulness is as much internally derived as externally influenced.  Wish you the conditions needed to have it come to you both from within and without.Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state...
Where I could see an opening
As this strange and straitened year draws to a close, we could do with some fresh openings. These lines are from the end of Dante’s Inferno, as he takes a step away from the torments of Hell towards Purgatory.  In other words, he isn’t yet out of the...
To make hope possible
One aim of nuannaarpoq.com is to reinforce joyful people, even when they feel assailed by humdrum issues or simply by the apparent state of the world. I liked this definition of being radical – making hope possible – and if I manage to do a bit of it here,...
Life as luminous halo
This quotation has haunted me for some time, poetically conveying the numinous thread of life; it’s particularly touching given the mental illness that hounded Virginia Woolf and eventually drove her to suicide. I found some packing tape which has the second...
Of life and the world
This expansive quotation comes from a wonderful novel by Mia Couto, in which a father tries to escape his past by isolating himself and his children from the world, even when this means brutally clipping their young wings. Among other things he forbids them to read...
Living a full life
What a wonderful affirmation – and invitation – to start inventing, if you haven’t already. Invent to your heart’s content and may your life be full to the brim, in the best possible way. This line is a reflection on the fully lived nine decade...Yes, sign me up!
