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The first part of my life, I wanted to be extraordinary. Driven by a distant father who responded only “points on the board” like publicized accomplishments. But I also had a smoldering desire to effect huge positive difference in morphic resonance1 of my planet. So, I found my unexamined goals included being featured as a thought leader on the cover of a magazine like Time. It’s embarrassing to admit the hubris that our consensus reality would want to see my face there, but really, shouldn’t everyone be on the cover of their own Time Magazine?
Now, as I glow up/grow up with my wild grey hair and plumping, menopausal soft belly and thighs, I’m going boldly “invisible” in the American culture as an ordinary middle-aged woman. I’m also re-crafting my paradoxical desires into a very different life plan than I had before. I no longer care if I wind up noticed or famous, I now have a great desire to be 100% invisible to protect myself from trolling. You can be way more effective this way; as an invisible force, reconciling paradox, again.
And, I love to write to constellate my thinking, it keeps me feeling sane. This little online journal is really for me, more than you. Yet, I’m pretty sure I know some things that could help people feel better, or at least to understand why they are suffering so they can change it. I see stuff; I have the deep archetypal eyes of an artist.
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I have this belief/experience that even the most ‘ordinary’ women live the deepest and most extraordinary lives if they were truly told. I know how ordinary I am (yes, much like the Barbie Ferrera2 soliloquy) and I know I’ve experienced extraordinary things. Really, who hasn’t? You hear me, I know.
I feel like if the culture truly recognized the depth and heroism of most ordinary people, bullsh!t like wars and terribly cruel acts would cease. It’s like everyone has their “superficial suit” on and is hiding their true, powerful selves. But they are all right here—a breath away from transforming the powers in our world for the better, because we all deserve better.
That’s probably idealism talking, but one day I hope to find a way to represent this idea in a book, with many incredible stories from many ‘ordinary’ folks and inspiring knowledge that helps readers to KNOW that there is no one who does not deserve their reverence and respect.
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- I was introduced to the work of Rupert Sheldrake as a teenager, most specifically his take on the 100th Monkey Effect. It is a useful model for understanding human evolutionary progress ↩︎
- See movie scene here: https://youtu.be/CBqlDWHkdHk?si=z5XYIPB2ZFuowdTH ↩︎