Sarah, I love that you were talking about transitions as our collective liminal space. I used to say I’m not good with transitions until I realized I’m always in transition. There’s no exacting space for a concrete landing. What can we concretize when life might be about continuous un concertizing if we want to create, imagine and make meaning.
Your sign making workshop sounds perfect. I simply can’t at this time but perhaps down the road.
So glad it resonated Prajna! And I love the vibe of "oh, I'm not good at transition--wait, I'm always in transition!" because isn't that just the way? And no problem about the sign making workshop--I completely understand!! Big hugs!
What a gift for this type-AAAA person - you've changed my view on change. I felt it when I read this post. It's not change that has been my problem; it's not allowing the space for it to occur. Permission to take in the moments without feeling the need to "Do something!" is just what I needed. What a gift you are, my friend.
I'm a bit behind coming in here, but I really loved this essay. Recognizing transitions as liminal space is so freeing. My heart settled in with a contented sigh, and opened me to receive, to interact, to Be With nature.
Sarah, this essay is just what I needed this week! Just as I read it, I was giving myself a hard time about "wasting time" between meetings—meetings where I was taking in a lot of new information that I needed much more than a short break between calls to process. I was also criticizing myself for feeling anxious about a big transition I am going through, to a new job.
It's so wonderful to think of transitions in a different way, the way you present them: not as some burden we must endure, but as beauty and even the essence of life, something we can witness—if we pause long enough—in the changes of the light, in the daily cycles of the Earth, in the change of seasons.
Thank you for another gorgeous, and insightful, essay.
Thank you back for your feedback! Yes, treating our transitions as "wasted time" and inefficient is such a big one--I actually had a couple sentences about that in the essay and took it out (along with a few other examples) to keep it shorter. But yes--the processing time genuinely matters, even if it's invisible. And perhaps that's what's so hard about this collective time politically--it's an onslaught that' a lot to face and process, and it tires us. Honoring and perceiving those in between times as fruitful and important takes courage in a way--or maybe practice is the better word. Our self-criticism in these instances, is, I think, our internalization of a dehumanizing system.
Sarah, I love that you were talking about transitions as our collective liminal space. I used to say I’m not good with transitions until I realized I’m always in transition. There’s no exacting space for a concrete landing. What can we concretize when life might be about continuous un concertizing if we want to create, imagine and make meaning.
Your sign making workshop sounds perfect. I simply can’t at this time but perhaps down the road.
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So glad it resonated Prajna! And I love the vibe of "oh, I'm not good at transition--wait, I'm always in transition!" because isn't that just the way? And no problem about the sign making workshop--I completely understand!! Big hugs!
Thank you. So beautiful. I am inspired when a transition of any kind is made into an art form which you do.
Oh thank you Sally. I am definitely fascinated by the in-between-ness and both-ness of life.
What a gift for this type-AAAA person - you've changed my view on change. I felt it when I read this post. It's not change that has been my problem; it's not allowing the space for it to occur. Permission to take in the moments without feeling the need to "Do something!" is just what I needed. What a gift you are, my friend.
Yay! I laughed out loud at type-AAAA person because I so relate. Mwah!
I loved that phrase too — and can also relate!
I'm a bit behind coming in here, but I really loved this essay. Recognizing transitions as liminal space is so freeing. My heart settled in with a contented sigh, and opened me to receive, to interact, to Be With nature.
Thank you Lissa!
thankyou Sarah for sharing your self with words, I love the heart feeling I get reading/listening to them... a balm
Phyllis, that truly just made my day. TY.
Sarah, this essay is just what I needed this week! Just as I read it, I was giving myself a hard time about "wasting time" between meetings—meetings where I was taking in a lot of new information that I needed much more than a short break between calls to process. I was also criticizing myself for feeling anxious about a big transition I am going through, to a new job.
It's so wonderful to think of transitions in a different way, the way you present them: not as some burden we must endure, but as beauty and even the essence of life, something we can witness—if we pause long enough—in the changes of the light, in the daily cycles of the Earth, in the change of seasons.
Thank you for another gorgeous, and insightful, essay.
Thank you back for your feedback! Yes, treating our transitions as "wasted time" and inefficient is such a big one--I actually had a couple sentences about that in the essay and took it out (along with a few other examples) to keep it shorter. But yes--the processing time genuinely matters, even if it's invisible. And perhaps that's what's so hard about this collective time politically--it's an onslaught that' a lot to face and process, and it tires us. Honoring and perceiving those in between times as fruitful and important takes courage in a way--or maybe practice is the better word. Our self-criticism in these instances, is, I think, our internalization of a dehumanizing system.
Love the thoughts about color
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TY Tauma!