Creating art that evokes tenderness, hope, and exploration, to collectively honor our inner child, build community, protest oppressive systems, and appreciate the preciousness of life.
Healing your inner child
Do you remember your inner child? What were they like? What did they like? Can you remember their wonder? Their silliness? Their laughter? What made them excited? What made them scared?
As children, we are innocent, open-hearted, and sensitive, but as we grow up, many of us are taught that being strong means denying our pain. We detach from our sensitivity, and we’re rewarded in our culture for it. But the pain our inner child experienced never left us. Those wounds have stayed with us as we grew into adults, impacting how we interact with the world.
As adults, we have the freedom to unlearn harmful patterns and become the person we want to be.
Give yourself the love you needed as a child. Let your inner child know they are safe, loved, and seen. Create a space for them to let their most silly, joyful, sensitive, gentle, free, and authentic self shine unapologetically.
Having compassion for your inner child opens up possibilities for you to see the inner child in others and have compassion for their wounds, too.
The child in me sees the child in you.
To cultivate a more loving world, we must first ask what barriers keep us from love and how we can overcome them.
Living in a society ruled by capitalism, we are constantly reminded that profits are prioritized over our well-being. No matter how much we work, consume, or compete to be the “best,” we will never be able to reach the false dream of fulfillment that had been promised to us. Most of us are always tired and dissociated, and we are left with less hope and more existential dread every day.
We can work together to build a better world with the understanding that even in the harshest realities, meaning can still be found.
Imagination as resistance. Joy as resistance. Love as resistance.
To combat oppressive systems, embracing our sensitivity is the best act of love for ourselves, one another, and the universe. Our grief and rage are sources of power, and our hope is our best weapon. By supporting each other’s vulnerability, fragility, and creativity, we can build a strong community that will fulfill us more than capital ever could.