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Artist is Sascha Schneider, Hypnosis (1904)
“A Ship in Harbor Is Safe, but That Is Not What Ships Are Built For”
In other words: get out of your comfort zone (harbor) and explore/do the things. Even when the waters get rocky, that’s life. Stay in the harbor and your reward will be barnacles and rot.
I find the quote to be rather appropriate and actually and applause to @addisonborn who went public about his choices last night. Clearly this was out of his comfort zone BUT something he obviously wanted to talk about.
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This quote pairs nicely with one we saw much earlier on:
Get out of the harbor and sail into danger. After all, “the only way out is through,” and we’re likely to encounter danger all the way down.
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Good pull @kevin. I don’t know if it’s what Sabrina was trying to tell us by implying I/we had agency to help Joyce but…staying still and doing nothing is the safe path, and that is definitely not what we’re here for.
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@nothenrygale – so that question WAS on the questionnaire??
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Every time I see this quote, I insist that it’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever read.
And then, @Kevin, you threw this up.
“I wish to have no connection to a ship which does not sail fast; for I intend to go into harm’s way.”
Every time I see this quote, I get the throat lump. But in a good way. It’s the same response to the quote from today. Thank you for reminding me that this exists.
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@coryphella It was on my waiver form I filled out my first time through Ascension. I never took the mega questionnaire since I came into Tension super late in the game. Maybe they gave new participants an abridged version before Ascension? There were def some unusual questions they had me answer in the waiver paperwork. But I distinctly remember that question being asked on it.
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If the painting is called “hypnosis”, are we guessing that “are you susceptible to hypnosis?” question from Ascension’s paperwork is coming back into play?
I actually think the quote and the image are working with each other here. There’s a creature of some kind hypnotizing and paralyzing the man into doing nothing. If we let ourselves be hypnotized by our own fear, indecision, and complacency, we’ll sit in that harbor forever and as @mkarrett said, the only “reward will be barnacles and rot.”
As a side note, all of the images of this chapter have featured not-quite-human creatures. I don’t know what to make of it just yet, but wondering if that pattern will continue.
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