Here is my tree. In response to last month's art prompt, "What helps you grow?" I decided to draw the things that uplift and energize me as a root system to the life that I share with the world.
And there you'll find dance and poetry and music, community and art... but you'll also find challenges and fear.
Because the moments that I've learned the most from are the ones where I felt the most unprepared, disappointed, unsure of what to do... and then I had to figure it out.
So as strange as it seems to feel gratitude toward something negative... I never would have grown so much, if I did not have to confront these obstacles. Like so many creatures in nature, we evolve in response to our environment...
Drawing this tree was so calming and filled me with such gratitude, that I was finally able to go to sleep the other night, after feeling anxious and restless for quite some time.
Maybe you will have a moment to consider the things and people that help you thrive, too. I hope that it brings comfort to you, as well.
~RN
