Reflection exercise of the week
Sit quietly, perhaps lighting a candle. If music helps you listen to your inner life, play some music. Set out some crayons or pastels and a blank piece of paper. Reread the quote and notice if something “unresolved in your heart” bubbles to the surface of your mind. Notice if it takes the form of a question. Begin to draw the question, not worrying about where it’s going but simply sitting with the question, noticing what emerges on the page as you let you hand guide your drawing, expressing what you are feeling with shape, colour, and texture. When you notice thoughts taking you to want an answer, come back to being with the question and your expression of it on the page. When you’ve taken as much time as you have or wish for this, turn your drawing in each of 4 directions and see what you notice. Does anything attract, repell or surprise you? Place the drawing in a spot where you can see it regularly…and continue to notice it in glimpses over the next days.