The beginning of this made me go back to the previous one you mentioned. The one that gave you the hangover. I had missed reading it then, so. I was wondering how you had written my biography. Never suffering severe hardship or privation, yet still feeling ... distant. This, even this late in life, is worsened by a feeling that since life was not really THAT bad, I do not have the right to feel this way. I mean my early life didn't warrant a lifetime of felling alone, when not, unworthy, unwanted, and blah, blah, blah. Yet, here I am. Glad you are finding your way out.
Yes, we have to keep making art and continue to share them— it takes so much courage to do this and that’s why I admire about you, Manuela. Keep going and those who are meant to connect with you will find you.
you are right: we create art for ourselves first. but you said this in a very poetic way. my description will be: there is a beast inside each one of us, a beast that eats us from inside and screaming to get out. it is up to us to let the beast out in different forms and shapes.
Oh Manuela, this is so lovely. I'm reading Rick Rubin and hearing your words only amplified his message. Mary Oliver's poem was the icing on the cake. Thanks for writing this.
So many ways you have touched into what's meaningful and important!! Thanks for acknowledging that "hangover" feeling of fearing we've gone too far, said too much. I felt that way simply in responding to your last post...thot for a panicked moment that I had misinterpreted your words. But you responded with kind and caring words that reassured me. I love the reminder that we create art for ourselves first. Sharing that art has got to be vulnerable, especially when it's coming from places we usually keep hidden..Thanks for leading the way.
Good morning. I enjoy my Friday mornings, particularly when I wake up grab my phone to check the time, and a quick review to see if I have any important emails and there it is…. my weekly Undone - something I look forward to each week and miss when it is not there.
Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability. I appreciate reading one’s truth, one’s thoughts, feelings, passions. I connect to authenticity and the reflections of life. I grew up in a home where you weren’t supposed to feel or think or have a unique perspective and avoid being vulnerable or the rug will be pulled from under you. Thus, now, in my middle age, I want to read what is real, more complete and complex, the deeper layers of our experiences, and the reflections about our history, how we make sense of it and, to whatever degree, heal.
So… write away Manuela. Be you and share your thoughts, feelings, story and art because the world is complex - the world is beautiful as well as horrific at the same time - and as someone once said, the truth will set us free. I think we are searching at times for what is true, honest, and sacred - how to make sense of this world and our lives and, maybe to find our way to something pure, loving, and enduring. Thank you Manuela for your courage and contributions! Look forward to hearing from you again next Friday and the following Friday and all the Fridays thereafter.
The beginning of this made me go back to the previous one you mentioned. The one that gave you the hangover. I had missed reading it then, so. I was wondering how you had written my biography. Never suffering severe hardship or privation, yet still feeling ... distant. This, even this late in life, is worsened by a feeling that since life was not really THAT bad, I do not have the right to feel this way. I mean my early life didn't warrant a lifetime of felling alone, when not, unworthy, unwanted, and blah, blah, blah. Yet, here I am. Glad you are finding your way out.
Yes, we have to keep making art and continue to share them— it takes so much courage to do this and that’s why I admire about you, Manuela. Keep going and those who are meant to connect with you will find you.
you are right: we create art for ourselves first. but you said this in a very poetic way. my description will be: there is a beast inside each one of us, a beast that eats us from inside and screaming to get out. it is up to us to let the beast out in different forms and shapes.
Oh Manuela, this is so lovely. I'm reading Rick Rubin and hearing your words only amplified his message. Mary Oliver's poem was the icing on the cake. Thanks for writing this.
So many ways you have touched into what's meaningful and important!! Thanks for acknowledging that "hangover" feeling of fearing we've gone too far, said too much. I felt that way simply in responding to your last post...thot for a panicked moment that I had misinterpreted your words. But you responded with kind and caring words that reassured me. I love the reminder that we create art for ourselves first. Sharing that art has got to be vulnerable, especially when it's coming from places we usually keep hidden..Thanks for leading the way.
Good morning. I enjoy my Friday mornings, particularly when I wake up grab my phone to check the time, and a quick review to see if I have any important emails and there it is…. my weekly Undone - something I look forward to each week and miss when it is not there.
Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability. I appreciate reading one’s truth, one’s thoughts, feelings, passions. I connect to authenticity and the reflections of life. I grew up in a home where you weren’t supposed to feel or think or have a unique perspective and avoid being vulnerable or the rug will be pulled from under you. Thus, now, in my middle age, I want to read what is real, more complete and complex, the deeper layers of our experiences, and the reflections about our history, how we make sense of it and, to whatever degree, heal.
So… write away Manuela. Be you and share your thoughts, feelings, story and art because the world is complex - the world is beautiful as well as horrific at the same time - and as someone once said, the truth will set us free. I think we are searching at times for what is true, honest, and sacred - how to make sense of this world and our lives and, maybe to find our way to something pure, loving, and enduring. Thank you Manuela for your courage and contributions! Look forward to hearing from you again next Friday and the following Friday and all the Fridays thereafter.