Interestingly, I put the 'Outside In' pantoun under my name, so that it might not be necessarily connected to me ☺️ - showing and hiding my only-otherness experience at the same time. And I understand that is a privilege to be able to hide the otherness. Pondering this, I feel like I want to own mine ... it is one of the crashes where the light comes in (as Leonard Cohen said so beautifully) ... a deep wound of 'not belonging' that has been also the source of spiritual connection for me, the direction to find a home within my deep self
Steph, I so appreciate you sharing about your 'showing and hiding' process. This gets me in touch with my own experiences of hiding my 'only-otherness', and it occurs to me that despite the priviliege of being able to hide, there can be a deep sorrow and loneliness that goes along with it. I feel shy to open up about my own stories in a public setting like this but as I reflect on your words, a cascade of memories come tumbling out into the light, reminding me of how I've been cracked and shaped and polished by my experiences of only-otherness.
Love this examination of otherness. When is it right to align different suffering contexts and when not? Something I am grappling with right now too. Thankyou so much❤️
Thank you dear Julia. Me too I feel 'grappling' on this fine line, we can get a sense of so's suffering, but I doubt we will be able to ever really understand it. maybe in little moments ?!
Interestingly, I put the 'Outside In' pantoun under my name, so that it might not be necessarily connected to me ☺️ - showing and hiding my only-otherness experience at the same time. And I understand that is a privilege to be able to hide the otherness. Pondering this, I feel like I want to own mine ... it is one of the crashes where the light comes in (as Leonard Cohen said so beautifully) ... a deep wound of 'not belonging' that has been also the source of spiritual connection for me, the direction to find a home within my deep self
Steph, I so appreciate you sharing about your 'showing and hiding' process. This gets me in touch with my own experiences of hiding my 'only-otherness', and it occurs to me that despite the priviliege of being able to hide, there can be a deep sorrow and loneliness that goes along with it. I feel shy to open up about my own stories in a public setting like this but as I reflect on your words, a cascade of memories come tumbling out into the light, reminding me of how I've been cracked and shaped and polished by my experiences of only-otherness.
Love this examination of otherness. When is it right to align different suffering contexts and when not? Something I am grappling with right now too. Thankyou so much❤️
Thank you dear Julia. Me too I feel 'grappling' on this fine line, we can get a sense of so's suffering, but I doubt we will be able to ever really understand it. maybe in little moments ?!
I found this incredibly moving to read through. So much power and vulnerability you are all navigating together. ♥️