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Faux Pas

Only those who fly over the world never missteps, so they never learn. A faux pas breaks something, and this breaking reveals a social concern, a norm, a power structure. It shows the line which one needs to toe. Breaking something is only bad when you don’t learn something from it.

Posted byCalvyn du ToitAugust 6, 2020August 7, 2020Posted in50-wordsTags:breaking, Faux Pas, LearningLeave a comment on Faux Pas

Goals, Learning, Meaning

Personal goals can be so vulgar, especially when one pretends they produce meaning by themselves. One pursues objectives, and if one is not careful, they skulk after you. Switch from goals to lifelong learning or exploring and chasing after turns into finding oneself: in places, with people, and yes, sometimes even in meaning.

Posted byCalvyn du ToitJuly 9, 2020July 10, 2020Posted in50-wordsTags:Goals, Learning, MeaningLeave a comment on Goals, Learning, Meaning
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