Welcome to the art/life trail!
~ I’m so happy that you are here ~
As we move along the art/life path this is the time of year to literally imagine that we are riding into the sunset…facing West together.
Not the classic ‘The End’ scene; the curtain isn’t falling yet, there is a definite shift happening.
Now conditions are actually meant to be wonderfully challenging. There’s a wobble taking place and for those of us investing and subscribing to all-out commitment…blazing the trail of the art/life…the trail can feel a bit bumpy right now.
The art/life might be defined as: any direction that allows your true nature and deepest widest, (read that as wildest) passion to be experienced, expressed, created and contributed.
Let’s look toward the West Gate on our yearly wheel which the Fall Equinox opens and makes accessible for our entry.
First; a short review of where we’ve come from: the spring (East) and summer (South) are by nature all about doing a lot…picture flat out driven-to-achieve.
The half of the year we’ve just experienced is appropriately dominated by left brain attributes.
Naturally we strive to be equal parts Yin and Yang. It can be evolutionary to get in sync with where balance happens, to learn to see, sense and feel the ways that it visits your art/life.
The left brain masculine side of the cranium needs its time to make it happen; problem solve, be proactive and assert in the direction of visualized strategies and goals. In our northern hemisphere a whole lot happens in the 12 weeks of spring and summer. During those two quadrants the primary energy is Yang/Masculine…outer directed. The spring/summer are led by the left brain which rules the right side of the body. The masculine side serves us well and shows us that it does no harm to creatively engage in the dance of stepping up and stepping out during the spring and summer quadrants of the Natural Year.
In ten days we begin the …
Turn Turn Turn Inward
The turn through the West Gate at Fall Equinox is a time to re-member the power and the potential of actively making a break from the long-season-of-doing.
The dominating part of our thinking needs to rest now.
We’ve been busy, so busy moving outward over the past six months.
Pause to breathe and conceive
Here at the West Gate you will see, looking back at you, a more naturally nurturing part of your self.
Here you catch the feel of a vast expansive uncharted, wild, territory beckoning to you…come in…put your nose to the earth, shake off the heaviness of always needing to DO and begin to wander and trust your instincts.
The Feminine/Yin…inward turn goes in and also down. Down into the roots of where you come from and who you have now become.
Open the Gate
The shift toward the Underworld is by its nature disconcerting; ripe with trepidation and even attendant with aggravation. It’s a time of energy shifting. It’s a time of some discomfort and restlessness.
What tools are in place to support your ability to calm down?
How eager are you to stop the rush and hush the frenetic parts?
After all, we’ve been working so hard! We’re just beginning to get traction! We don’t want to let go of that feeling of control!
OPEN TO RECEIVE
The real gift of the West Gate, this point on the yearly art/life trail ride, is that you can relax into less ‘knowing’. You can rest in the arms of unexpected gifts.
Take note of the relationships that you’ve cultivated.
Review what’s been growing through all the spring and summer of Doing. Now you can begin to slow it down and get reacquainted with your new self, with the wonder of life and with others sharing the trail with you.
Creative Courage
Beautiful reminder: no one has the art/life figured out and/or the trail mapped…it’s possible.
The art/life is Mystery…indeed, whenever any one of us rides into wandering and wondering territory we create waves in the field that make everything more alive and free.
See you soon on the art/life trail
Iona
I am a working Heartist with more than thirty years of practice in supporting the creative best in each of us to come forth and shine. Join the movement: make joy the vocation of your mind.
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