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Malavika Mudit's avatar

What an honour it is to be featured in another person's newsletter. It's my first time getting this kind of shout out, and it means a lot to me. I have been having some unusual traffic on that piece from inexplicable pieces and this newsletter helps me see why. Thank you. <3 I'm so glad you pointed me to Steven's piece as well, I nearly missed it!

I love the Vonnegut quote. To dethrone ideas of doing something "well" or "poorly", or for success and prestige outcomes, and to recenter *experiencing* what's inside each of us, and that too in a state of transformation!

I read it three times over to let it just sink in. What a privilege it is to get to even experience what's inside us, and then the further possibility of witnessing that in evolution... I never thought about it like this. I am putting it up on a post-it note at my desk. It's a nice reminder not to get lost in all the head-things I get up to often with work, to keep open the window to stay with my soul more.

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Chris Cordry, LMFT's avatar

I love this quote, and love that you put it on a post-it at your desk! I might have to do something like that myself. It's such a good reminder, when the ethos today is more like "practice any art, not to discover yourself, but to build a following on Twitter and make $10K per month" (--Not Vonnegut). I really appreciated your piece on reply game, it's helped motivate me to get off my butt a little bit and get back into sharing things and commenting on others' work.

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Malavika Mudit's avatar

Lol @no thanks, Not Vonnegut.

Thank you Chris. :)

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Ishan Shanavas's avatar

Hey Chris. I'm excited to see this new format!

Thanks for the shout out buddy. I really appreciate it. I'm so glad that you enjoyed the project :)

Love the articles you've curated man.Your essay on why we should read poetry was one banger piece. Steven's and Malavika's work was also great :)

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Chris Cordry, LMFT's avatar

Thanks, Ishan! It's a pleasure to be able to read and curate so many great articles from fellow WoP grads. Also, I hope the poetry article inspires you to find some new favorites :)

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Michelle Elisabeth Varghese's avatar

I'm happy to hear you found a format that works best for you, and I continue to look forward to the weekly essays! Thank you for tagging me and sharing Malavika's piece :)

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Chris Cordry, LMFT's avatar

Thanks, Michelle! Malavika did a great job curating you, Louie, and Visa as masters of reply game :)

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Glad to see your going to be posting more essays. I appreciate your clear and effective writing that always gets me to rethink things.

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