Spell for Grief or Letting Go
A meditation on grief. Illustrations inspired by a piece of writing by adrienne maree brown, particularly its postscript. Each line called out for additional processing, which in my case meant drawing the shapes and colors that it evoked.
If there happens to be a multitude of griefs upon you, individual and collective, or fast and slow, or small and large, add equal parts of these considerations:
that the broken heart can cover more territory.
that grief is the growing up of the heart that bursts boundaries like an old skin or a finished life.
that grief is gratitude.
that water seeks scale, that even your tears seek the recognition of community.
that your grief is a worthwhile use of your time.
that your body will feel only as much as it is able to.
that the ones you grieve may be grieving you.
that the sacred comes from the limitations.
that you are excellent at loving.
