Invitation to grow…Mos Def did his thing with this on the Brown Sugar soundtrack!
Well, this week I placed myself on a talk fast so I could gain some clarity on things. I did not realize how helpful it would be in calming certain frustrations. Since I was not speaking, I was able to receive more (ideas and insight mostly). I was inspired to also write a short story as a result. It went well for the most part but I decided to break it today to contact a friend.
I’ve decided that I will do this more often to stay connected to what is happening within.
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pyaspirite // May 3, 2009 at 11:35 am |
I subscribe to the idea of “talk fast” wholeheartedly. My version of it is more like “disconnect fast”. I don’t watch tv, I don’t answer my cellphone, I don’t answer my home phone, I don’t log onto the internet … basically, I just sit … me and my notepad … or sometimes just me … and God ….
It’s amazing what happens during those moments. I’m glad you were able to become calmer and more productive during your fast.
fly tie // May 3, 2009 at 10:32 pm |
your representation of humans as plants is one of the concepts i like the most about your work. that image is nice.
yeah, those talk fasts do me a lot of good from time to time, and i often employ them unconsciously.
Kilah // May 4, 2009 at 11:26 am |
push on through … isn’t it mind blowing how connected we feel when we employ all of our senses. Enjoy YOU.
plantfolk // May 4, 2009 at 11:33 am |
@pyaspirite
yep, i’ve done the complete disconnection as well (no music, internet, television, phone, or speech). now, that was very revealing! thanks for stopping through
@fly tie
thanks for the words on the image and plantFolk conceptualizations. yep, talk fasts work wonders especially when you find yourself thinking,”wtf?!” lol
@Kilah
yep, connections are more present when we aren’t pulled in several directions at once. thanks for the words…
Holisticlocs // May 11, 2009 at 5:02 pm |
Silence truly does reveal amzing things!
I love this piece… it reminds me of a park I go to often in Summer- everything is flat for miles with wild grass and birds, only just a few huge bushes that rise magical off the ground – and inside them are these little holes where people have obviously made tree houses out of it lol … reflection time. Sacred spaces.
plantfolk // May 27, 2009 at 6:25 pm |
silence is powerful!
thanks for the words on the image.