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“We artists know how to address transformation-- how to grow empathy, passion, and collectivity-- Spirituality knows how to address transformation-- but not with formal systems-- Systems breed safety-- follow this and you will be this, do this and you will do that, get here and you will get there. But empathy, passion, and collectivity grow from the recognition that we are not safe, that no one is safe, that our only hope is to care for ourselves and each other, and that we must each figure out our own way to do that.” — Shellen Lubin
We artists know how to address transformation--
how to grow empathy, passion, and collectivity--
Spirituality knows how to address transformation--
but not with formal systems--
Systems breed safety--
follow this and you will be this,
do this and you will do that,
get here and you will get there.
But empathy, passion, and collectivity grow
from the recognition that we are not safe,
that no one is safe,
that our only hope is to care for ourselves
and each other,
and that we must each figure out our own way
to do that.