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Miyazaki's movies leave me peaceful, and complete as I am. Their plots wander a bit, bringing in characters in turn that are not present at the conclusion. There isn't much of a conclusion, much of the time. The viewer's perspective takes a pause, takes in a scene, before moving on to the next beautiful thing. There are elements of tension and resolve, but they aren't the purpose of the thing, and their shape is different than the whole: we wander through a story, and it's okay to forget what ha...
Pay what feels good. (2020-03-20) A note, in light of COVID-19: This has been our official pricing policy since January 2020. It took us a while to distill what we know/feel down to this specific policy; but, this is the heart of how we've operated from the beginning, and it's how we handle pricing for all of our offerings (see lightward.com ). While this way of doing business has proved integral for many of our existing customers, it's all the more important as the world finds its way forward. ...
Positivity is a direction, not a feeling, and *that* is why it's always available. We experience the now, right? That's the space we inhabit here. And if we're drawing this out on paper, the now is a single point, and we get to decide which direction the line of our life passes through it. This is why gratitude is so damn important. If you can look back at the moment just behind you, and see how it builds you *up* to your current moment, you've just drawn an upward line, passing through those tw...