I’m so happy you’re sharing your magic with the world again. I remember so clearly reading your stories about Vera and the yurt and fried eggs in India, so I went back and re-read them after reading this and I realised something: they are from before I got caught in my 8 year long cycle of chronic stress, chronic pain, chronic forking everything. Re-reading those stories reminded me of a time when I could still dream and feel. Thankfully I am coming out the other side of this “journey” and the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter every day. Dandelion Seeds feels like part of that light. Thank you.
Tracy, I can't thank you enough for your comment and beautiful words, and I'm so moved to hear you've read the stories I've been sharing all these years, all the way back to India and the yurt :) (which will always be two of my most beloved adventures).
It especially means so much that you would share here about the difficult journey you've been on these past eight years, and I'm so glad to hear that you can feel it coming to an end. I'm not sure if you've heard of the poet David Whyte, but what you wrote reminded me so much of his poem, "Sweet Darkness" -- it's one of my favorites of his, and here are a few lines from it:
"When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone,
no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own...
The dark will be your home
tonight.
The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see."
I'll be thinking of you and hoping that new horizons continue to brighten and open up all around you! ✨
Thank you for sharing that poem. I listened to the poet read it on Spotify and holy moly. “The world was made to be free in.” It is easy to forget that we have free will. I made a home in the dark for so long and I think on some level I chose that and I needed it. And I can also make a different choice. “Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” ❤️
I am beyond delighted, but also slightly worried, that you're enweirding your work like this. (Worried, because, have you *seen* the rubbish I write? So why are you taking my advice? Madness.)
You're so right that "what if?" is a valuable thing. I mean, just ask Marvel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_If...%3F_(TV_series) But also, it's the question that can steer us out of our own lanes, to turn the questions we think we've already answered back into questions again, where their full creative potential can be unlocked.
I am thrilled for this new adventure. Hey, what could go wrong*? Hooray!
* "Please not that my client is not legally responsible for anything that might go wrong, despite associations made in this newsletter between his suggestions and your future actions, mainly because my client is an idiot and anyone in their right mind should be able to see it from a mile away. Thank you." - B. Zuckerkorn, Defense Attorney.
Yes to all of this! But especially this: “It can turn the questions we think we've already answered back into questions again” -- that feels like exactly where I'm at right now, and I can't thank you enough for putting words to the feeling and experience 🙌
Thank you as well for officially making “enweirding” a thing -- that is also a timely concept to have in my vocabulary now ;)
Thank you for sharing such beauty and insight and getting us thinking. Thanks to Mike too! And Emilio.
Thank you so much for reading, Amanda! And I'm so glad to hear that Mike and Emilio's wisdom spoke to you as well 🙏
I’m so happy you’re sharing your magic with the world again. I remember so clearly reading your stories about Vera and the yurt and fried eggs in India, so I went back and re-read them after reading this and I realised something: they are from before I got caught in my 8 year long cycle of chronic stress, chronic pain, chronic forking everything. Re-reading those stories reminded me of a time when I could still dream and feel. Thankfully I am coming out the other side of this “journey” and the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter every day. Dandelion Seeds feels like part of that light. Thank you.
Tracy, I can't thank you enough for your comment and beautiful words, and I'm so moved to hear you've read the stories I've been sharing all these years, all the way back to India and the yurt :) (which will always be two of my most beloved adventures).
It especially means so much that you would share here about the difficult journey you've been on these past eight years, and I'm so glad to hear that you can feel it coming to an end. I'm not sure if you've heard of the poet David Whyte, but what you wrote reminded me so much of his poem, "Sweet Darkness" -- it's one of my favorites of his, and here are a few lines from it:
"When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.
When your vision has gone,
no part of the world can find you.
Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own...
The dark will be your home
tonight.
The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see."
I'll be thinking of you and hoping that new horizons continue to brighten and open up all around you! ✨
Thank you for sharing that poem. I listened to the poet read it on Spotify and holy moly. “The world was made to be free in.” It is easy to forget that we have free will. I made a home in the dark for so long and I think on some level I chose that and I needed it. And I can also make a different choice. “Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” ❤️
Yes! Those two lines you mentioned have both become like mantras to me over the past few years, so I'm so glad they spoke to you as well, Tracy 🤍
I am beyond delighted, but also slightly worried, that you're enweirding your work like this. (Worried, because, have you *seen* the rubbish I write? So why are you taking my advice? Madness.)
You're so right that "what if?" is a valuable thing. I mean, just ask Marvel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_If...%3F_(TV_series) But also, it's the question that can steer us out of our own lanes, to turn the questions we think we've already answered back into questions again, where their full creative potential can be unlocked.
I am thrilled for this new adventure. Hey, what could go wrong*? Hooray!
* "Please not that my client is not legally responsible for anything that might go wrong, despite associations made in this newsletter between his suggestions and your future actions, mainly because my client is an idiot and anyone in their right mind should be able to see it from a mile away. Thank you." - B. Zuckerkorn, Defense Attorney.
Yes to all of this! But especially this: “It can turn the questions we think we've already answered back into questions again” -- that feels like exactly where I'm at right now, and I can't thank you enough for putting words to the feeling and experience 🙌
Thank you as well for officially making “enweirding” a thing -- that is also a timely concept to have in my vocabulary now ;)
That last picture of your notebook! <3 This really brightens up my day—well, post-midnight blues (right now).