Let’s take to the air.

What follows is an embodiment practice for taking action.

"Be wary of any influence in your environment that dismisses or judges your enthusiasm. Without it, you would become anaesthetized to life itself. Anyone who demands this smallness of you is in danger themselves and may have contracted this insidious, deadening monotone. Enthusiasm is the vitality of spirit, expressing itself through us, and its grace in our voice should be welcomed and cherished. The word originates in the early 17th century, from the Greek enthousiasmos meaning ‘possessed by god.’ Now, more than ever, the world needs your enlargement, your weirdness, your fiery crescendos of rebellion from boring.” 

Excerpt from “Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home” by Toko-pa.

To choose to fly is more than an act of survival.

There is an acknowledgement in the migratory birds that to choose to fly is to choose to live, fully, despite the conditions around us.

To take a stand, to express, to move with what moves us despite the fear of standing out from the crowd, of exposing ourself to criticism or judgement, of the ripple we may instigate, these are courageous acts.

So lets acknowledge that and touch into the heart to bring it with us for the last part of this muse.

 Alone, Together

It is my intention that the practices in here support you to explore your own relationship to individual action.

And I want to wrap up with an acknowledgement of an important AND.

The birds in a murmuration understand that their presence in the collective is important. 

That the collective provides a warmth, community and a protection from prey that might otherwise pick off a lone flyer.

Studies have shown that murmurating birds look out for their nearest 7 neighbours in the flock.

At the start of this muse we acknowledged that sometimes our concern about the impact on others can hinder us from taking flight. 

Our acts may affect others yes, it may even inspire them (indeed our acts may have been inspired by others). But, regardless, we can act alongside any care and concern we have for others.

Naomi spoke to some of this in the Self Protection and Vortex session at the same time this element was being woven into this muse.

We are powerful enough for both our actions and the impact of our actions to exist and it be ok.

We are powerful enough for this truth.

And, because ultimately to act is to surrender - whilst we can be aware of it and respectful and compassionate about it - we are not responsible for how others choose to react or respond to our choice to fly.

An interviewer recently asked Kae Tempest about their interpretation of Kae’s track No Prizes.

He wondered if they were implying a deeper understanding of the meaning of life than he had understood and Kae responded

“However it reveals itself to you is exactly as it's supposed to be. You know, once the thing's written, it doesn't belong to me anymore. It's yours to make of it what you will. But in the moment of performance, it's entirely my creation. But once that performance is over, it belongs to whoever discovers it”

 High Flying Gratitude

I want to open my arms in an expression of a Big Hearted thank you to this community for the space to create this three part Creative Spring muse. To Sarah and Naomi with whom this muse was co-created. To everyone who writes in circle or sends messages about what it has unearthed again for them. It has been an act of grounding, rising, taking flight and surrendering in itself.

As Kae was very present in the writing of this muse I would like to leave you with the track Grace from their most recent album.