no precious thoughts 💨
Just because I have a thought, doesn't mean I have to do something about it
The beautiful irony of this statement is amazing. I was mid another activity when I wrote this down on a sticky note and then got distracted enough to start writing this newsletter.
I am amazing at getting distracted. I can be mid sewing, needle down in the machine and get up and walk across the room and open my computer and just start a whole new activity. I can follow a thread anywhere. Working as an artist nicely facilitates this “lifestyle”, but it can truly be self-sabotage, a way for my inner saboteur to be like “don’t get too big now, dont get too successful, dont get tooooo close to the finish line” as a way of keeping me safe/small.
Just because I have a thought doesn’t mean I have to do something with it is something that came up in a coaching session with Jacqueline last week and I think I may tattoo it onto my head. It's brilliant. It releases me from the jail of my brain thinking it needs to DO IT ALL and that maybe every idea I have doesn't need/require/deserve an action. Similar to my “stay here” mantra for not picking up my phone and scrolling. Just because I have a thought doesn’t mean I have to do something about it, means I don’t have to do it all alone. Just because I have a thought doesn't mean I have to do it myself. Just because I have a thought means I can ask for help. Just because I have a thought means we can go father together.
My goal/desire/intention/mission in this world is to share what I can. To create opportunities I did not have, to give what I didn't get. Opening up the Okay Shoe a CALL FOR ARTISTS means I can create opportunities for artists where maybe they didn't get one and also means I don't have to follow every thought and trail and thread that I have and instead facilitate others ideas so we can go FARTHER TOGETHER.
OKAY SHOE CALL FOR ARTIST S FOR THE DIGITAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCY!
Applications close March 10th
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I love you all! Like, lots!
xx
phoebe
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