How I'm learning to respect the power (and gift) of emotion

This week, I was reminded of the commitment I made to myself this year to step fully into my authenticity and simply let that transform my life. So here we are, embracing exactly how I feel and still showing up for creative work…or, maybe that is creative work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50v4DFT_mOs

Whether or not you make art, it is an artist's work to ‘go diving’ into the depths of human experience, observe and inspect whatever is found there, and then express what feels intangible yet deeply real. And sharing those discoveries evokes a memory in others that initiates a kind of collective emotional processing (I think, anyways).

What I know from life experience is this is part of the beautiful cycle of life and death that shapes our natural world. This week, I felt something dying in me, space being made, my life direction shifting. Rushing to fill the space with decisions or reacting to this would be premature - it’s still taking shape. I don’t know, or rather feel, what is next for me yet. But in time, I will. This cycle is rooted in the wisdom that seemingly opposing concepts are deeply interdependent. By making space for the depths of my shadow, I welcome the expanse of joy, satisfaction, or inspiration when it arrives. My work right now is to actively refrain from interpretation and action, and instead allow space to be made for something new to be born. And caring for myself in this process.

The insights will arrive when they are good and ready.

What was the weather like in your inner world this past week? And what are you learning about taking care of yourself and 'dressing' for the weather?

(If you want to listen to Kim Kran’s essay Choke the Bear, it’s here).