receiving • holding space

I’m holding space for the emergence of dialogue with my inner children.

These cuties.

Aw.

Well, I made this piece when I was just becoming aware of my inner children - by way of Internal Family Systems. I’m better acquainted now, and more able to give them love. But it wasn’t so easy at the beginning, to be honest. This piece captures that early experience:

  • I’m holding space for the emergence of dialogue with my inner children.

    As I leave the house, I’m flooded with anxiety. I’m not sure why. It seems awfully dramatic - I’m only going to the grocery store - and yet, voices emerge from the depths of some ancient experience, clamoring for attention. I sense their agitation and their eagerness to be heard, yet I feel confused and overwhelmed. What do they want me to know?

    Some part of me has suppressed these voices, for a good reason I’m sure, once upon a time - but long since forgotten. So I find myself suddenly curious about what my little girls have to say and what they need. Or what they needed so long ago.

    Through the static and hum of anxiety, I finally hear them calling and I pick up the receiver. I can’t yet distinguish their words and emotions but I’m tuning in.

    Go ahead, my darlings, I’m listening.

So initially it felt more like:

process: sketches & midjourney

  • midjourney-critic
  • midjourney-telephones
  • sketch-telephone
  • midjourney-shouting
  • midjourney-tuning-in
  • sketch-tuning-in
  • midjourney-calls
  • midjourney-woman-child

Let’s check out another one!

Sure, head back to the carousel and pick out another one with a red button (that means there’s more to see). Let me say goodbye real quick and thank them for sharing this with you.