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Polly Esther

@monochic.bsky.social
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After stepping out of chronic survival mode, not without friction, I am laughing more easily and breathing more deeply. No one else is ever coming to save you. Align and enjoy your ride — with gratitude.

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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 2m
The visual identity of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was designed by Otl Aicher. Its bright, radiant colours pick up on Bavaria's white and blue, the green of the Alpine foothills and the silver of the lakes. Red, the dominant colour at the previous Games held in Germany in 1936, is absent.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I like the quiet of the night, the slow of the weekend, the lonely of the workout. I like the early sun and the late rain. I like the scents of the familiar and the colors of nature. I like to observe… but I see more with my eyes closed.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good morning sunshine!
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
No view in nature is ever the same. You can come back to the same place over and over again and it will always offer some new magic you discover. It’s endless – enjoy!
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Once you arrive at a destination, nothing else matters more than soaking in all the discoveries, the culture, the new experiences and views. A hypnotic, moving digital sculpture of human faces equipped realistic expressions is beyond unsettling, deeply grounding, and thought-provoking all at once.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Why do I have the impression that longer travels are becoming more stressful with age? Lower energy levels, stiffness, special diets, medical needs, lower tolerance for discomfort, responsibilities at home, anxiety over possible disruptions … it all seems to cause a sharper psychological toll.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Some avocados got balls. The flower's ovary can develop extra ovules. To avoid self-pollination, avocado trees alternate between opening male and female flowers at different times of day.
twin avocado pit
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Miro.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It’s beautiful and sad, and the essence that feeds our dreams lies in that precise sadness. The lost, the forgotten, the abandoned has always triggered vivid possibilities.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
That famous idea that life is like riding a bicycle means you have to keep moving forward to stay upright. Slow down from time to time and look around. Cool-weather and moisture-loving trees will go first – take a good look for the future and breathe.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
With so much polished but often boring sameness around, the non-perfect is a refreshing counterculture!
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Word of Sunday: We author our choices and shape our change, finding our courage on the other side of discomfort. Doesn’t happiness lie in the work we’re trying to avoid?
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Slice of thought: Fashion wasn’t part of youth culture until ready-to-wear changed everything. Fashion became an industry, increasingly present in the lives of a growing middle class. Star designers were born. With that came aspiration, and status. Young people started paying attention…
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
When Wednesday feels like Friday, it’s time for a Cosmopolitan, isn’t it.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Some bags are just crazily futile, and their price ridiculously high. But so much fun! Judith Leiber Couture must love Polaroid.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I’m not so much into religion as I am into churches. One couldn’t exist without the other, and yet the idea of a built retreat to meditate (call it pray, if you wish), face yourself, rethink your values, beliefs and hopes, scratch any itch you wish to heal seems to be more attractive than ever.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The shorter the journey from sea to fork, the louder the flavor sings. When food is prepared where it was born, the chef is merely an interpreter, not the author.
A table top with a white cloth right at the entrance of the sea. Stones in the water and big blue sky in the background.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Slice of thought: Derek J. de Solla Price’s Law states that the square root of the number of people in a domain does 50% of the work. Even if you give everyone the same resources, the same training, the same chance, outcomes will still stratify eventually. This violates our egalitarian instincts…
A long walking alley with sandy grounds, covered by dense leafy trees aligned, giving lots of shadow, with sets of green sitting benches underneath.
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Polly Esther @monochic.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
This truly feels like rebirth — refreshing and exciting. Hi!
A green bicycle in the center, parked behind a vintage light pole in front of an old off-white city villa with green shutters on both windows left and right of the ground floor closed, and a balcony on the first floor, where both green shutters are open.
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