Troubleshooting
“If I only could be running up that hill with no problems.”
– K A T E B U S H
An actor portrayal of Marsha P. Johnson, on display at the Brooklyn Museum. Source: Happy Birthday, Marsha! (Sasha Wortzel and Tourmaline, 2018.)
There’s also a documentary about Marsha on Netflix.
Boundaries help. #healthyboundaries
Artist unknown.
What’s the next step when you can go in any direction?
A symbol from Chaos magic, which believes in the power of… belief.
Hilma af Klint used a “mediumistic” approach to painting, which basically means she channeled all this. What’s coming through now when you open your channels?
D.I.Y. Ritual
How do you feel at the moment? Creating a tangible expression of that dynamic can be satisfying.
For a time when the old is falling away and new ways of being are emerging, we: 1) Dug a hole and buried an old, rotten pomegranate. 2) Cut open and ate a fresh, new pomegranate.
You can: a) use objects that are meaningful to you, b) invite friends to co-create the experience.
When I’m feeling flat I like to listen to the life stories of inspired people and hear what they care about.
This is Gabe Adams.
It can be grounding and edifying to hear the story of someone who has left a life of abuse and sees it so clearly.
This is Taylor Bjorndahl, an ex-Jehovah’s Witness.
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”
Sometimes you need a straight-up, tell-all manifesto. This is June Jordan, “Poem About My Rights.”
In the soul-o-dex filed under C for “Can’t C”
Thank you for everything I can’t see right now. Thank you for Withholding through Time.