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standing just at the gateway to the expanse of Radical Acceptance.   I see that it is vast.  That things come into focus and then fade,  only to return in a different way.   I know only that I have a limited understanding of how things work here.  I know that i can learn.  I know that i WANT to learn.    I've brought my Stuff with me.  Love  Hope  Fear  .   They need to be left outside.  I can come back to them any time.    As many times as i need to.             This is how i  imagine it.    

i don't know if anything else will go onto this page.   There's that vague line of landscape   and on the right,   rain,  Sky Water.   i also see a very large close Sun on the left.  maybe that.   maybe that with the inktense pencils.  

and along with this i'm reading   The Future We Choose     The Stubborn Optimist's Guide to the Climate Crisis        Christiana   Figueres and Tom Rivett~Carnac           Ok.   

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8 responses to “i am here.”

  1. maria Avatar
    maria

    hey Grace , your year 9 is started with …. (on the drawing) you stand direction the gate (kind off) on your back are those three items on the ground ,take trust with you , there is also love in trust …. and sing … do you remember the song i want to sing with you (long time ago)… catch a follen star put it in your heart saved for the rainy days ,
    our connecthinghearts embrace eachother

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  2. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Bringing your “naked” self forward into the unforeseen but doing so with a hint of landscape… We each will have our own way of doing this so I sat with this for a while. For me, I need to feel grounded, be familiar with what surrounds me so a fleshed out landscape is essential, before I take a step forward. So much of what I do in a creative sense is about the landscape wherever I am. I’ve so often quoted the following words from my dear departed Irish poet, philosopher, ex-priest John O’Donohue, that they have become a mantra:
    “When you bring your body out into the landscape, you bring your body home where it belongs. When you step outside, it matters if you see landscape as a location or if you see it as walking into a living place.”

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  3. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    So beautifully said Maria.

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  4. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Gosh I love this Marti. You took me to The Bridge. 🙂
    Grace…how I love how much your drawings say, with a few sparse, well-placed lines. Strong and beautiful. You.

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  5. maria Avatar
    maria

    Marti , this is what i feel when i do small walking in the places i like most ,( here in my neighbourhood) my body breathes deeper as if by itself , my body feel more as border-less (free) i feel the inner smile

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  6. jude Avatar
    jude

    had a similar feeling this morning, uncovering an empty unused journal, so many blank pages, opening the cover like a gate to somewhere.

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  7. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    I am at page 80, chapter 2 was hard to read. I had to end a discussion with a family member about the future of our world (started with my electric car) with “we will see in 10 years…”

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    all these thoughts….the connectedness
    Thank YOU, Us Thank you/us

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