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The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do by Casper ter Kuile

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That’s what this book is all about–taking things we do every day and layering meaning and ritual onto them, even experiences as ordinary as reading or eating–by thinking of them as spiritual practices. ― Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do As a control freak and a lover of routine, I appreciate and find calm in performing my daily rituals: making my coffee, showering with my favorite tunes playing, checking and culling my collections in […]

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Land of Mirrors by María Medem,

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Every so often I find myself reading a book that I think I like but am not sure. Land of Mirrors by María Medem, Aleshia Jensen (translator) and Daniela Ortiz (translator) is one of those books. It is a graphic novel, but does not flow necessarily as a “pure” one. There is something “different” about it. It might be because it is translated or it might be because of the almost abstract minimal illustrations. However, whatever the reason this is the most organized piece of […]



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