Rising from the Ashes

I feel the strangeness of looking at myself naked

I find it important to get in touch with myself, to understand who I am

One process for doing this is to stand in front of a full length mirror, naked, and take a good look at myself.

What I see is more than my outward appearance, more than my age, what I see is my inward appearance, my inner self.

I go on to feel my skin, all over. I touch myself gently and experience the sensations of me.

I feel the smoothness of my skin and the blemishes. I feel the smoothness of my character and the blemishes.

Sometimes the blemishes are permanent, they are just me, sometimes they are temporary. I investigate them all and get to know what is going on in my body.

I feel the power of my body, the tingling, the sensations. I feel the strangeness of looking at myself naked and I enjoy it.

Try it. It can be disturbing at first, but it is worth it.

The Cube of Life 2012

Take a seven day week, cube it and you get nearly a year—343 days. I am taking three themes to structure my writing for a year. There are seven elements in each theme and each day I combine them across the themes to create 343 pieces of writing.

The three themes are Life, Mind and Spirit. In this piece (no: 11=1.2.4) the elements are:

Life: Self
Mind: Feeling
Spirit: Individual