Origin-rip-

That is the . The hyphen is important. It implies an action suspended in time. We are always in the middle of being torn from somewhere.

Own your rip. It is the only original thing about you. — You were not broken. You were opened. And whatever comes through the opening is yours to name. Origin-Rip-

The rip is the price of consciousness.

And yet.

The broken places are the permeable places. They are where the outside gets in. They are where the inside leaks out. Without the rip, you would be a sealed vessel—perfect, sterile, and utterly incapable of being touched. That is the

The hyphen is the pause between the tear and the falling apart. It is the split second of choice. You can let the rip widen into an abyss. Or you can stand at its edge and realize: this is where I begin . We are always in the middle of being torn from somewhere

They say that death is the ultimate rip—the soul tearing free of the body. But I wonder.