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Like I’m creating because I’m supposed to create, I’m creating because my teacher wants me to. This outside pressing down energy is the background blue. Maybe that’s fine. I’m pretty sure doing that is fine. But it’s not quite to my preference. It feels off in some way. So what else is there for me? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627b3a4fac0c8977c004a04e/5ff35fd6-d16f-41c7-bdf3-f4c0daa40427/PXL_20220530_195433224.jpg Essays - The Process of Creation - Pretty immediately, there’s something that wants to go NO NOPE noooo nooo thank you baiii. A sweet little overwhelmed nugget. Look how thin the purple line of my container is, how little skin there is between me and the world. Look how my energy (still not in my body) creates a protective bubble for me. It blocks out all that blue that’s not mine. It protects me from the influence I don’t wish to receive. But wait… what’s that green beneath? What’s that pink trying to come through? From this stance, I’ll never know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/627b3a4fac0c8977c004a04e/bc693958-0028-4f6b-860c-3df651147442/PXL_20220530_200150128.jpg Essays - The Process of Creation Ah. Right. I could sit. Oof. I could sit. I could be still. Hoooo-boy, something in me is uncomfortable with that! Squirmy squirmy squirm. That’s okay though. The squirming is kind of like the tingles in your foot as it’s asleep. Bringing sensation back into the body isn’t comfortable, but it’s often desired. What changes here? Well, all that energy floating up and above is now in me. It settles in those places of aliveness in my core. It fills the nooks and crannies leaving nothing abandoned. And the container, look how thick it’s gotten! How amazing it would be to be strong enough to hold all of me - while simultaneously allowing a little bit of the energy to leak out here or there. 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The green representing the connection to the ground and the world has expanded. No longer just resting against it, now I’m open and allowing it to run from root to crown. A pillar that supports me all the way through. That pink line isn’t just going toward my back, but now it’s pooling there in my chest and coming out the front. To me, this is inspiration. This is that whispered knowing. It’s the thread to follow whose every step is shifting. 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