holding space for creation
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magic is joy in new shape ☁
magic is joy in new shape ☁
Photo by Wini Austin
“We must reclaim the word 'labor.' It means to give birth, which is creative, so reclaiming our labor is reclaiming our creativity — entering an embodied relationship with the earth.”
- Dr. Vandana Shiva
“For nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.” — James Baldwin
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“For nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.” — James Baldwin ❦
REANIMATE yourself to join the Free World!
“We have resorted to this very unfortunate word, "inanimate," and we imply to ourselves that stones, clouds, the ocean are inanimate, without anima, without soul, but it's all soul." — Pir Zia Inayat Khan
The colonial mind has programed us to believe otherwise, but Freedom is swimming around us at all times. When we bump up against it, we feel tingles down our spines. It’s the way of life for everything parallel to humans.
The animator has an extended sense of space, an emotional awareness reaching far beyond the false border of skin. They have many non-human friends. In the cartoon world, everything is alive. In the cartoon world there is no ‘right’ way to move. In the cartoon world, every action is an experiment. In the cartoon world, you are not punished for your curiosity. Because, in the cartoon world, reality is fluid.
Animism helps us see the world, ourselves, for what we are, un-objectifying ourselves in the process. To really listen, to really look beyond self and share consciousness, necessitates uncertainty and liminality. The animator sacrifices self to come closer to the divine, to Creation.
Plants
Ancestors
Energy
All three modalities practice the understanding that consciousness, information, and healing move through energetic fields and relationships rather than just individual, isolated bodies. This means that transformation doesn't just happen "to you" - it happens in the relational space between you and these larger webs of life.
