Quintessentially Me.

thoughts, observations & points of interest by anna f.


  • The Vintage Clock.

    There’s a clock in the local post office and for as long as I know, the clock has displayed the same time: Wednesday, 16th April, 11.45 am. This year a tourist could walk in on 17th April and claim that the clock needs a reset but a local would still just smile and go about […] Continue reading

  • Moving like a River.

    Qi Gong frequently invites us to move like a river. But are we the water that follows the path of least resistance with ease and conviction? Are we the riverbed, whose movement is so minute that only time will show the signs of it? Or are we the life that moves into existence because of […] Continue reading

  • Opposing sides of the One.

    I was contemplating Yin & Yang and how they are opposites that contain each other. And that therefore there truly is no duality, even if our education and society at large will make us believe otherwise.  A system as ancient as the Daoist path that describes everything and nothing at the same time, knowledge which […] Continue reading

  • That, Which Is.

    I believe that I cannot miss that, which is. The thing that I miss, is my own construction, my own belief, the way I see something. But that is not necessarily that, which is. I may not understand someone or something and have my own interpretation of either, but the thing I then miss belongs […] Continue reading

  • Hello, said Loneliness.

    “Hello…”, said the voice of loneliness,“Hello…”, replied the voice of fear.“I know”, pacified compassion,and held its siblings near. “I’m sad…”, cried the voice of loneliness,“I’m mad!”, cried the voice of fear.“It’s not that bad!”, soothed the voice of love, “I hold you all so dear!” “Okay”, said the voice of reason.“No way!”, yelled the voice […] Continue reading