The Risk by Amoret BriarRose They say that a bridge is no country and thus I wonder, when I reach out, extend toward another, do I then lose sovereignty to gain connection, risk self to touch other... or do we blend together, boundaries wavering as watercolors, soaking up the pigment of what we become together?
Self Reflection is Essential
Who is this flower above me? What is the work of this God? I would know myself in all my parts. ~ Feri Prayer, Traditional Deck: John Waterhouse Oracle Deck
My Own Little Magic Circle, or, Becoming Real
The Magic Circle, 1886 - John William Waterhouse "What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" "Real isn't how you are made," said the... Continue Reading →
Rooted
Some rights reserved by BlueRidgeKitties “Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.” ~Anonymous~ ROOT noun, often attributive: an underlying support the essential core : heart RADICAL adjective: of, relating to, or proceeding from a root noun: a root part a basic principle: foundation Learning to be in right relationship... Continue Reading →
Thoughts on Intimacy
A view of intimacy: knowing oneself deeply, and allowing interactions with others to have depth without letting oneself be reworked/refashioned through the lens of another's perceptions. Maybe this is the only way we can truly be in relationship with another...we first have to be in right relationship with self.