I've been thinking about grief in a few different contexts lately, specifically around what is happening in the world and in my own journey of deconstructing the faith I grew up in. I remember feeling a similar grief in 2020 and I would sort of just drown myself in the news, not feeling like I could look away.
I think grief is a big part of resistance. Grief is disruptive, it forces us to stop and acknowledge the wound and once we've acknowledged the pain and addressed the wound we can begin to let it heal. Without grieving what we’ve lost we can have hope for the future and joy in the present. Grief is not to be confused with despair, they can coexist but I don't think they are mutually exclusive.
What or how have you been giving space to your grief lately? I just bought some fabric to make some fabric collages. Something about tactile work really helps me feel my feelings.
More wee comics to come.
Stay curious,
Nicki
Thank you.❤️ Yeah tangled Christmas lights makes a lot of sense! I'm still working on how to feel my feelings without just sitting in them forever, that's the balance: sitting in them forever or trying to just avoided feeling them altogether.😮💨 Writing/making art about them helps!
Beautifully put ❤️ it's SO hard, especially as a creative and an empath as I know you are, to neatly separate everything. For me it's more like untangling a nest of Christmas lights. It's all still there at the end, but just a little bit more manageable x