In her letters to friends and lovers, Frida Kahlo often returns to the idea of “lo que se siente,” what one feels. The phrase, or slight variations of it, appears again and again across her drafts, revisions, and final letters. One letter from 1938 begins with a crossed-out line, then continues: “No sé cómo explicar …
In Virginia Woolf’s correspondence and draft revisions, the concept of “moments of being” emerges as a recurring theme, explored through various iterations and phrasings. One draft reads: “There are certain moments which stand out and become fixed in one’s mind…,” while another version replaces this with “There are certain moments that have the power to …
