April 13, 2025

Proof that we learn to live with the unthinkable.

An instinct to repair, to mend, to hunker down, to create comfort, to soothe, to allay and alleviate.

Not to withdraw, but to congregate.

Not to avoid, but to mitigate.

Not to deny, but to challenge.

Not to forgive, nor forget.

Attribution

Proof that we live in a broken world and a broken world is unlivable.

Proof that the carrot turns into the stick and vice versa. Proof that that seems normal, self-sufficient.

Proof that we sometimes destroy things that are broken and can’t be fixed and sometimes fix things because to live with them broken is unthinkable.

Proof that we switch roles, sometimes to destroy things that are broken and can’t be fixed and sometimes to live with things that are broken because to fix them would be unthinkable

Proof that we learn to live with the unthinkable.
— from Proof by Erica Hunt