To rise beyond the vortex is to recognize neutrality within all experience. Humans are the Masters of labeling, story-telling, claiming, identifying. Good vs. evil. Right vs. wrong. Our explanations have become woven into our language, as the use of certain words spark thoughts that ripple into emotions throughout our systems. This jester act can be used to evoke fear throughout a nation, or move a reader to nearly climax while engulfed in erotic text. How fascinating, it all is… each system we have designed to help our silly little brains make sense of it. Criticism and praise is among the most powerful form of this, IMO. Have you ever been so fawned over, you’ve felt you reached the peak of physical attractiveness? Have you been contrarily so degraded, or scrutinized, you’ve allowed yourself to feel worthless? What is the human experience without impact of each other’s tongue? I’m not sure yet. But it’s something to think about. How grounded are you, into your own ideal version of yourself, your own truth beyond the 3D realm, beyond your physical body? How easily can you bring yourself back to baseline, or not stray from it at all, when coerced with the ideals from another? Where, for that matter, is your baseline?
Blood & Heat
Allowance of myself
as the sea to its great tide
in observance
unobstructed
preservation
of death, of life.
New Hope, PA
Nested right on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, is the quaint town of New Hope. Ziggy & I sporadically booked a room in the town Monday night, packed our bags and were on the road within a half hour of returning home from our day jobs. We spent the following day roaming, eating and indulging in outdoor photo opps (see mushy pics below.) Cultivating New Hope’s character, are shops filled with hand crafted treasures, third wave coffee shops and quite spectacular homes that stand as art galleries. Tree’s Not far down the road from New Hope is Lambertville, which hits the senses with similar Salem meets New Orleans vibes.
Integrating Our Shadow
When Living Is Art
“In slowing down and living consciously, in coming home to ourselves, our very existence becomes the art form. The meaning is as rich or as poor as we claim it to be. To press linen is then as poised as backpacking the Maldives and packing tea before dawn roots us like barefooted steps across the Earth’s forest floor. Light lingers. The chipped paint on the shutters, all at once, writes words of brave perseverance. There is no destination, only moss covered resting beds scattered along the path of sweet relief. Won’t you rest?”
To be at one with community. To see beyond what we have known. To come home to our joy.
TWO QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF IN TIMES OF CHANGE.
As we evolve, we might begin to move into new styles and ways of creating, choosing, deciding, designing, flowing and attuning.
During times of expansion, check in with yourself by answering these two questions.
In doing so, you’ll allow yourself to intentionally transition into new behaviors that more closely align with your current needs and desires.
What am I trying to say?
How do I want to feel?
Intentional living and surrendering to the state of becoming, means allowing ourselves to take new shapes as we learn and integrate the wisdom from our experiences. You might be moving differently than you did before.
Checking in with your current values creates a unity between our beliefs and our behaviors. When our beliefs and our behaviors align, we experience peace and fulfillment.
We are then at ease to call in new relationships, experiences and opportunities to continue expanding.
We are always communicating. We send messages through tones, movements, colors… through our patience, the pace we set, our perspective and through the energy we bring to the world.
What have you been saying?
How have you been feeling?
