A banger as always John! I think for me, my issue was the opposite. I hated labels, identities and conforming...well, hate is a strong word but they always felt so claustrophobic. It was difficult to accept that part of myself when the people around me just wanted to flatten the truth for simplicity or asked questions like, "why do you complicate everything so much?"
But once that acceptance came through last year... everything changed. It's okay if I don't have the words to explain my work. It's okay if others don't understand who I am or what I do. The right souls always do. Because they feel it isn't it?
The visual that came for me when reading your post was that of waves in the sea. You know those waves which are taller than you...so you sink into them and let them wash over you? Then they pass until a new one comes through. That's what I feel identities are for me. Approximately anyways lol.
Thank you for creating this space for rooting myself deeper into my own truth!
I love that visual! Letting identities, beliefs, etc., wash in and wash away with no need (and really no way) to capture and hold onto them. I'm right there with you on celebrating my multi-faceted self. I'm too much to fit into tiny, simplistic and singular identity boxes, especially if it is to accommodate others capacity or willingness to comprehend how vast each of us are.
A banger as always John! I think for me, my issue was the opposite. I hated labels, identities and conforming...well, hate is a strong word but they always felt so claustrophobic. It was difficult to accept that part of myself when the people around me just wanted to flatten the truth for simplicity or asked questions like, "why do you complicate everything so much?"
But once that acceptance came through last year... everything changed. It's okay if I don't have the words to explain my work. It's okay if others don't understand who I am or what I do. The right souls always do. Because they feel it isn't it?
The visual that came for me when reading your post was that of waves in the sea. You know those waves which are taller than you...so you sink into them and let them wash over you? Then they pass until a new one comes through. That's what I feel identities are for me. Approximately anyways lol.
Thank you for creating this space for rooting myself deeper into my own truth!
I love that visual! Letting identities, beliefs, etc., wash in and wash away with no need (and really no way) to capture and hold onto them. I'm right there with you on celebrating my multi-faceted self. I'm too much to fit into tiny, simplistic and singular identity boxes, especially if it is to accommodate others capacity or willingness to comprehend how vast each of us are.