release

 fragile strength talisman/release - mjd 2013

how deeply can you release?

there is a correlation, you know.

as much you can let go

is as deep and wide the well 

that can be filled. 

no, wait - 
there is no end to the filling, 
with release, 
you become limitless.

releasing leaves you open,

leaves you liberated,

leaves you vulnerable

and incredibly strong.

 fragile strength talisman/release - mjd 2013

release with an exhale

or

into the wind

the rain

flowing water

or an outgoing  tide.

as you eliminate

fear

anger

doubt

resentment

expectations

judgment

confusion

need for control

you are left with

yourself

in its most distilled

form.

you are left with 

love.

 fragile strength talisman/release - mjd 2013

love that is organic,

that grows 

and spreads

and connects us 

to all living things.

you are unlimited.

feels like home

we have been in our new (old) home for about 2 1/2 months now... mostly filled with summer busy-ness and transition... 


now that school has started, there is space to exhale and 'be' in a way that makes me feel whole...


thursday morning i decided to clean off the workbench... it was covered in beautiful fibers and all kinds of things... it was the first time i had thoroughly and thoughtfully cleaned it off... and suddenly, i realized it was really mine... my very own space to work... it went from being a workbench to my workbench... (and my grandfather's)... 


and i can work at it as long as i like - doing whatever i like... 


freedom... 


if i didn't have children, i could live in a studio with my cats, a bench, a small refrigerator and a comfy couch to sleep on... i have simple needs... and a deep passion... 

i had purchased this miniature printers tray from lisa jurist at her mudhound studio etsy shop (in addition to all of the great silks and fibers that covered my bench) ... i love it so much... when my brain cannot wrap around making finished jewelry or i just feel the pull, i will often make components by the number... they were scattered all over, but now they are together in order... it also holds 'in progress' pieces... 

'everything that is really great and inspiring

is created by the individual 

who can labor in freedom.'

~ albert einstein

synergy

i struggle and i emerge

the face of the lotus open to the sky...

a friend and i were discussing words... i had mentioned that i was focusing upon 'open'... in a mindful, practicing way... she mentioned 'release'... and the synergy of the two struck me powerfully... in fact, i have been thinking upon it for a couple of days... 

yes, i can work to be open... but if you are able to release as well (i have been doing an internal debate of the 'which came first' sort - but have come to the conclusion that they are intertwined) the experience is exponentially heightened... think of all of the emotional and psychological space you free up for something positive... 

if you can release yourself from fear, from hurt, from anger... release things that you may not even realize reside in your Self, then you can be open to an almost transcendent degree... what if you could imagine each thing, put it in a balloon and let it go? really and truly let it go?

imagine the expansiveness you would experience... 

can you put one thing in a balloon today and let the string go? i know i am going to try... 

and thank you, dear friend, for your sharing of your self... and for helping me to grow...

from the void

'we come spinning out of nothingness,

scattering stars like dust.'

~ rumi

embrace uncertainty
inner sanctum
'luctor et emergo' - i struggle and emerge 

'why do you stay in prison

when the door is so wide open?

move outside the tangle of fear-thinking.

live in silence.'

~ rumi