self expression
“There is tremendous power in putting our ass where our heart wants to be.”
"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is
... See moreBy completely absorbing our attention for a short and magical spell, it can relieve us temporarily from the dreadful burden of being who we are. Best of all, at the end of your creative adventure, you have a souvenir—something that you made, something to remind you forever of your brief but transformative encounter with inspiration.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
darkness as we go in that territory, again, is the domain of dreaming and It's the domain of image making. It's the domain of mystery and the gestation and the creativity and the incubation, that we need to be able to, to work with.
Otter Voice Meeting Notes
Francis Weller
My soul, when I tend to it, is a far more expansive and fascinating source of guidance than my ego will ever be, because my soul desires only one thing: wonder.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
When we speak, we use the breath in our lungs to give our thoughts a physical form. The sounds we make are simultaneously our intentions and our life force.
Ted Chiang • Exhalation: Stories
I believe we realize our full potential in this now moment by embodying the energetic space of true openness and presence. Our gifts come through via the energy we transmit when we dance in wakeful awareness, open our being to the divine and let the river of life through us. When we’re in that state, we’ve done our portion of the work: we’ve... See more
Your secret suspicion that you are here for something magnificent is true. You are here to contribute to the unfolding of the magnificence of creation, to contribute to more life and more beauty in the world. And when I say magnificent, it doesn't necessarily mean famous or successful in the outward sense, but something magnificent to you,... See more