Naked in the Wind

Set against the vast spiral of a distant galaxy, we are reminded that the elements of our bodies were forged in ancient stars. We are not separate from the cosmos—we are stardust, momentarily aware of itself.

“For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?”

This line, from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, reminds us that death is not an end but a return—a dissolving of boundaries between self and the greater whole. It invites us to see life and death not as opposites but as movements within the same current, moments of release and transformation. In this spirit, our work and conversations here honor the mystery of being fully alive, even in the face of impermanence.

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