Past few months have been a struggle but I keep reminding myself " I contain multitudes" and it gives me permission to exist in complicated ways that society typically doesn't see or honor.
We can feel multiple emotions at once.
We can suffer and also recognize there are those who suffer greater hardships without minimizing our own.
We can see how many human created systems are detrimental and dream up new possibilities for how we can exist in this world.
We can struggle and be curious
We can become entangled in systems that no longer serve us and yet see that those entanglements can provide the impetus to change.
We contain multitudes.
In our bodies
In our hearts
In our minds
With the environment
With each other and all life
On this earth.
Let this be a reminder that our independent experience doesn't dictate the experience of other life.
I want to live in a world where the space we give each other is enough for each of us to flourish in the ways we need, in the ways that nurture the earth.
2 layer woodcut for @reliefconspiracy 2022 postcard exchange.