Kirsten

Want us to reckon with the layers of labelling, with the action of naming.

Oh, so you are saying the people are not real.

Nope, I am asking you to consider though what is real about them. Is it their roles, their titles, their identities? To what extent are they real?

And if not that what is real about them? What is under the layer of labelling?

We think we tell stories, but stories often tell us, tell us to love or to hate, to see or be blind. Often, too often, stories saddle us, ride us, whip us onward, tell us what to do, and we do it without questioning. The task of learning to be free requires learning to hear them, to question them, to pause and to hear silence, to name them, and

What art do I want to make?

Electric art

Loaded art

Alive art

Stories?

Stories that celebrate our being and experiencing a cosmos.

How do we talk about power without overpowering.

Feels like we are so attached to power meaning overpower. Then we try to compare it with other things like wisdom. (article by Kaspar) on LinkedIn/Illuminem.

But then isn't wisdom also power?

Go deeper into definition of power

It's all retch and no vomit.

- Alan Watts

Power is a tricky one, many definitions, but here is a little thought. The way we often seem to speak about power is that those who reign over entire countries with threats and violence have more power than we have.

And I have been questioning for a while the consequences of repeating these types of stories to ourselves.

I think that the the person