So lovely to hear your process and also I relate to the idea of rationality or planning or thinking brain being the plus one! I’m excited for you and cheering you on in your processes now that you’re back home!
“Often it’s not figuring out where I’m going that lets me move forward, but letting go of the need for orientation.” This and the next sentence. Pretty much my life since the start of adulthood.
So glad you had this time! And yes, yes: trusting the eerie and intuitive, as you put it beautifully, trusting the mess. I struggle with this so much, too (even as a poet! with maybe more leeway for the messy and weird!). I hope the weeks there continue to unfurl in all kinds of good and supportive ways. (Also please let me/us know how finding different kinds of time goes - also a big/constant question for me - I forget if you have read Jenny Odell's new book? If you haven't, it's amazing.)
So lovely to hear your process and also I relate to the idea of rationality or planning or thinking brain being the plus one! I’m excited for you and cheering you on in your processes now that you’re back home!
“Often it’s not figuring out where I’m going that lets me move forward, but letting go of the need for orientation.” This and the next sentence. Pretty much my life since the start of adulthood.
So glad you had this time! And yes, yes: trusting the eerie and intuitive, as you put it beautifully, trusting the mess. I struggle with this so much, too (even as a poet! with maybe more leeway for the messy and weird!). I hope the weeks there continue to unfurl in all kinds of good and supportive ways. (Also please let me/us know how finding different kinds of time goes - also a big/constant question for me - I forget if you have read Jenny Odell's new book? If you haven't, it's amazing.)