On Listening, Rallying
On Listening, Rallying
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend about whether or not to leave a profoundly disruptive job, though the one in question brought a much needed stable income. My role in this exchange was to listen for what she really wanted to do, and hold it, even if she wasn't yet able to speak or act on this information.
In some sense, I was also there to rally her deeper self-knowing, and perhaps her intuitive nature, which can be so helpful when making important moves of almost any kind. (Indeed, I want these forces on my side when I make the smallest decisions on the page, too. And let's be honest, for poets, it's all about the small things.)
When we don't forsake what we know to be true, we are clearer, more nimble, and more able to be decisive. For artists, this can give us access to, or feed a kind of encompassing creative flow, which ultimately means we spend less time doubting and dithering; we do whatever it is we want to do or make next, and waste little time worrying about how it will turn out, or what anyone else may think about it.
Always Listen to Yourself.
—Holly Wren Spaulding,