Ceri Thomas

Poet, tutor and appreciator of all things creative.

[Ceri Thomas @CeriDawnThomas]

Blossoms - Gary https://t.co/F2o6F5LeUv via @YouTube

[BLOSSOMS @BlossomsBand]

The music video for ‘Gary’ is out now as well! We directed this video ourselves with a little help from some friends.
https://t.co/0aPnusyGEF

[BLOSSOMS @BlossomsBand]

Delighted to announce our 5th studio album ‘Gary’ is out Friday 20th September. You can pre-order signed album bundles and the title track is out now! https://t.co/FJQUG0j5IR

The heart of this record is us 5 recording live in a room for the first time in years.

Blossoms x

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“Against this cosmic background the lifespan of a particular plant or animal appears, not as drama complete in itself, but only as a brief interlude in a panorama of endless change.”

An almost unbearably beautiful read from Rachel Carson https://t.co/YJkk3tIFYi

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Tangerine Meditation – Thich Nhat Hanh's simple, profound practice for magnifying your capacity for joy https://t.co/eZwg68XFMI

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"The object in all of our contemplative disciplines is silence... in order for you to perceive something other than yourself... Poetry is the verbal art-form by which we can actually create silence."

David Whyte on poetry as contemplative practice https://t.co/WKyV4Ln5NF

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“You will never get any more out of life than you expect.”

Bruce Lee's notes to himself about willpower, confidence, and the strength of emotion https://t.co/DNwcuwQzbt

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"The true and durable path into and through experience involves being true ... to your own solitude, true to your own secret knowledge."

Nobel-winning poet Seamus Heaney's magnificent advice on life https://t.co/m8jbpCDNcV

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Between science and magic – how hummingbirds hover at the edge of the possible https://t.co/8YHI3TgsBb

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Music and the universe https://t.co/FEnUY62AdI

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state."

Polyvagal theory and the neurobiology of connection https://t.co/049xCwVNDG

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Beloved Dog – a tender illustrated love letter to our furry best friends https://t.co/xmckUPiv59

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“For a moment of night we have a glimpse of ourselves and of our world islanded in its stream of stars—pilgrims of mortality, voyaging between horizons across eternal seas of space and time.”

On Henry Beston's birthday, his beautiful love letter to night https://t.co/NKE840QRuu

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“A world without wonder, and a way of mind without wonder, becomes a world without imagination, and without imagination man is a poor and stunted creature.”

Henry Beston, born on this day in 1888, on whimsicality and the limits of knowledge https://t.co/6XWdMMEaRw

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

For World Coral Reef Awareness Day today, stunning 19th-century illustrations from the world's first encyclopedia of the Great Barrier Reef – one of Earth's most delicate and vibrant ecosystems https://t.co/FumvoYaRep

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How emotions are made – fascinating read https://t.co/UnIu9Q0tTI

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Walt Whitman, born on this day in 1819, on what makes a great person and what wisdom really means https://t.co/XHyy8WFznQ

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On Whitman's birthday, one of his loveliest poems animated https://t.co/4vmBKSc7Q3

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“Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.”

On Whitman's birthday, hear composer Caroline Shaw's breathtaking music based on his poetry and inspired by the Golden Record https://t.co/Cue1TXtGUh

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

How to keep criticism from sinking your soul – on Whitman's birthday, his hard-won lesson (from Emerson) on the discipline of creative confidence https://t.co/EcheqF8cmR