Tet painting by Dani Antman
We must hold still in the midst of our burning thoughts, our anxieties, our fears, and our emotions. We must remember to settle into our bodies and allow them to do the knowing, the resting, the connecting to the earth beneath us. We have a chance now, while the world has stilled, to feel the wind and the sun, to walk outside in the rain, to notice the small, yellow faces of dandelions emerging from the mud. We have a chance to remember what matters in this fleeting, fragile life – our connections, our loves, our families, friends, communities and our host, this endlessly beautiful and constantly changing Earth. —Elizabeth Monson
What do we do to outrun fear? Some of us find oblivion in drugs and alcohol, distraction in buying and consuming, or deflection in channeling our anxiety into rage. These 'solutions' are the Devil; patterns of behavior that we slide into and then find ourselves chained to destructive habits. Tet offers an alternative. Ginsburgh describes this letter as representing hidden goodness. It is a reminder that even among tragedy, hatred, cruelty, and hardship the light of good can be found if we look hard enough.
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