The Creative Pragmatist

The Creative Pragmatist

The Water's Knowing

An analogy for contemplation.

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Gabriel Smilovic
Apr 21, 2026
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Letting go and telling yourself you have let go are not the same thing, and the distance between them is wider than we tend to admit. You can see it - in yourself, in the people you love - the voice is steady, the words are right, but something behind the eyes has not moved. The language has surrendered. The body has not. And I think this gap - between …

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