I share my writing here to remind myself (and possible you?) that we are interconnected and not separate from the larger universe. We're all just little specks of stardust. Each of us miraculous and minute in the grand scheme of things.
This blog is part of my practice to ground in the present moment and in the cycles of nature.
I plan to consistently post a couple times every season. It is an infrequent amount, far from the pace of hustle culture. And yet, it feels like just the right speed.
In her book, "Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals", Alexis Pauline Gumbs so astutely reminds us of the importance of slowing down:
"Where do you think you are going so fast? This section offers slowing down as a strategic intervention in a world on speed, and an appropriate response to the exact urges that make us feel we cannot slow down. It is speed, the speedboats, the momentum of capitalism, the expediency of pollution that threatens the ocean, our marine mammal mentors, and our own lives. What if we could release ourselves from an internalized time clock and remember that slow is efficient, slow is effective, slow is beautiful?"
