Decompressing & deciding to jump
I arrived home from Art Unraveled on Sunday & I am absolutely filled up- overflowing with love, a strong sense of connection & creative juju.
I am so very grateful to be able to teach at these events & to be able to connect with everyone on such a deep level. Each even seems to become richer & more beautiful than the last, I think I cried all the way home!
I came home, unpacked & immediately repacked for my classes here in a few weeks. If you live in the bay area, come on out, I can't wait to be there!
While catching up on my favorite blogs, I came across the following on Ninas' blog & with her permission, I am copying it here....
"we all know the feeling, sometimes a little one, sometimes big: fear. it can come with goodness,with excitement, as often as it comes with unpleasantries. we stand before the abyss, round eyed, teetering, standing high above the rest of our lives like we stood, shaking, on the high dive at the Y pool in fifth grade. those at the bottom of the rungs are shouting, shouting, shouting, 'til it turns into a chant: just do it! why are you standing there, if you aren't going to go?! then, when we last expect it to do so, the universe opens up, unfolds, and allows us to see where we will be headed. better to go than to stay, we say. and then, at last, we . just . jump. so that's it, then, isn't it? the teetering, the stammering, the pondering, the looking, the anticipation, the jump. and then, the exuberant landing. and what a wonderful, beautiful thing this feeling of freedom from fear can be. jump, friends. i did. you can, too. i dare you. go!"
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong but we take leap after leap in the dark. ~ Agnes De Mille
"Jump, and you will find out how to spread your wings as you fall." - Ray Bradbury
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin
I LOVE this! It took my breath away. And so I jumped. A few of you know what I'm talking about, most of you never will. That's okay, the important part is that I jumped!
