I am proud of you 🌈
i'm proud of us
I am proud of us. I am proud of our resilience. I am proud of our capacity for love. I am proud of our commitment to bettering each other. I am proud of us.Â
I hope that in pandemic + quarantine + social Anti-Racism revolution + time of Great Upheaval you can find the compassion to give to yourself, instead of shame. Anti-Racism is a journey that requires compassion. Self-compassion to know and grow from our fuck ups, compassion for our friends and family and community to do better. Use compassion as a tool towards action. Compassion is how we can be proud of ourselves. It is how we can change the world. I am proud of you. I am proud of us.Â
For me right now a source of self-compassion is my creation. It is holding space for others to learn and grow in. It is calling others in to adjust their actions and do better.
Last week, we kicked off the first of 2390823 Okay Hangs. And it was just what I needed. I think the really incredible superpower we have as artists is having the capacity to create what we want to see in the world. I wanted to connect with humans through art, so I made a thing to do that. I truly truly believe art and creativity and compassion can change the world. The art that lives inside of you is needed.Â
If this brand whoo whoo clownery sounds like your jam and you want to get on the Okay hang link list, reply to this email to let me know! Last week we had people "that didn't call themselves artists" (they are wrong), people embroidering, doodling, painting, weaving, sewing, writing music, playing music, poetry, writing words, all mediums and creative thinking that spanned the whole universe of making. I would love love love to see you there. Art is for everyone to make. Art is for everyone to enjoy. Even you. Creativity is an in-road to compassion to extend to ourselves, and then to others.Â
I hope you are keeping well in whatever way well means to you. I love you 💖
xx
phoebe