sauris 's review for:

Notes on Shapeshifting by Gabi Abrão

1.0

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sighswoon comes off as very kind and earnest, i hate being mean to her. i knew this would be bad but i wasn't prepared for just HOW bad. it's rupi kaur meets divine feminine instagram - all "ether bodies" and "energy portals" - the whole thing reads like ig captions stretched into book form, each page more trite and derivative than the last. i understand where she's coming from but man, good intentions can only carry writing so far. my fault for reading this. maybe it's the expectations that come with the medium because i don't find her very objectionable on twitter whereas instagram is too much to take and well, this book should have stayed in the notes app i'm sorry.

pair this with shanin blake music for the full crystal mommy experience ✨

some lines to torture the rest of you:

"1. the body is a channel
2. that yearns to circulate
2. that yearns to connect
3. bodies in communication
seek connection, like radio towers
hunting for a clear signal
4. when connection is achieved between
channels, it may feel like:
understanding,
freedom, harmony, trust
a sixth sense
satisfied"

"i wake up alone and i
mix the arugula and the spinach and the apples alone
and strands of hair split my face into sections
alone
and i wonder when to wash my sheets and my pillow cases
and my towels, alone and i consider the future
alone,
and i worry about if i brush my teeth well enough, alone
and i light the candles and feel 20% holier now
alone

i continue existing with the knowledge that love dies like the power goes out"