Compersion // on the Yuba River 💦 Pt. 1
Added 2023-08-29 20:15:52 +0000 UTCFrom my time on the Yuba River this summer with friends. Somehow, it's technically only the 2nd time I've ever photographed a couple, and again I don't understand how that could be because I love it. How does this set make you feel?
I've been learning about compersion. Compersion is defined as: our wholehearted participation in the happiness of others. It is the sympathetic joy we feel for somebody else, even when their positive experience does not involve or benefit us directly. Thus, compersion can be thought of as the opposite of jealousy and possessiveness.
Hope you enjoy these as much as I do, thank you for being here.
XOX
HUX
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"For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out." James Baldwin
Comments
Bear paws! Me too Ben, it's become a huge topic to sit with and embrace. I like it and when I don't, I fake it 'till I make it or talk about it.
Huxley Bird
2023-08-29 21:13:42 +0000 UTCappreciate the intimacy and atmosphere here (even though I'd prefer to keep my own paws dry) Compersion has been a big part of conversation the last year or so in my world. I'm happy others have become aware and conscious of this, too.
Ben
2023-08-29 20:57:23 +0000 UTC
