This is beautiful, Brigitte! It came together so well and I really enjoyed the vignette style. You inspired me to learn more about McGilchrist too—so fascinating. Always love reading your work and the new curiosities it evokes in me. Bravo!
Thank you Brigitte for the introduction to these two works and the thinker/artists behind them. But equally, I feel that I am getting to know you better, the depth of your own thinking and the buoyancy of your spirit through this essay. I particularly love the quote about how acceptance and embrace of our shadow draws the venom of our dark side.
This is a lovely tour of our brains and our sense-making.
On a personal note, I really felt that bit about rest. We love rest. We need more of it. It's like taking śavāsana at the end of a yoga class (or any activity—let's normalize laying on the floor, people!).
I'd also add that rest makes you more attentive to everything else—your vision and eye for beauty is stronger. You're more courageous. You're better able to recall and encode memories. And it makes you more tolerant, less fearful, of the shadow.
Of course, yin ~= shadow and is associated with rest, so perhaps there's something more there :)
This is beautiful, Brigitte! It came together so well and I really enjoyed the vignette style. You inspired me to learn more about McGilchrist too—so fascinating. Always love reading your work and the new curiosities it evokes in me. Bravo!
Thank you so much for your encouragement, support, and curiosity, Rachel!
Thank you Brigitte for the introduction to these two works and the thinker/artists behind them. But equally, I feel that I am getting to know you better, the depth of your own thinking and the buoyancy of your spirit through this essay. I particularly love the quote about how acceptance and embrace of our shadow draws the venom of our dark side.
Thank you for this beautiful comment and reading this piece, Rick.
This is a lovely tour of our brains and our sense-making.
On a personal note, I really felt that bit about rest. We love rest. We need more of it. It's like taking śavāsana at the end of a yoga class (or any activity—let's normalize laying on the floor, people!).
I'd also add that rest makes you more attentive to everything else—your vision and eye for beauty is stronger. You're more courageous. You're better able to recall and encode memories. And it makes you more tolerant, less fearful, of the shadow.
Of course, yin ~= shadow and is associated with rest, so perhaps there's something more there :)