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Unlike giving our dream images a static definition, Courtship is to treat them as living, breathing symbols.

One of the central tenets of dreamwork is to become curious about the scary, repulsive, ambiguous figures that appear in our dreams. Illustration Art Nouveau, Graphic Design Illustration, Vintage Illustration Art, Demon Dog, Fantasy Magic, Art Watercolor, Wow Art, Art Graphique, Illustrations And Posters

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One of the central tenets of dreamwork is to become curious about the scary, repulsive, ambiguous figures that appear in our dreams.

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It is liberating to consider that when we heal an ancestral pattern, we are not only freeing future generations, but healing backwards through time, liberating all those souls who were left unresolved, unforgiven and misunderstood. Natural Hair Art, Gorgeous Hairstyles, Black Women Art, Black Kids, Art Women, Black Babies, Black Power, Afro Art, Hair And Beauty

It is liberating to consider that when we heal an ancestral pattern, we are not only freeing future generations, but healing backwards through time, liberating all those souls who were left unresolved, unforgiven and misunderstood.

"It helps to think of our swamps of despair as the necessary muddle before clarity. In mythology the heroine must cross such a place in her darkest hour, where she comes to face her unlived life - meeting each of the divine allies disguised as regret, doubt, and insufficiency...If she is willing to consummate the full encounter, they will reveal themselves in service to the vitality of her true being." Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork Beatriz Martín Vidal Turner Artworks, Surreal Artwork, Art Website, Artist Websites, Types Of Art, Love Art, Watercolor Art, Art Images, Art Reference

"It helps to think of our swamps of despair as the necessary muddle before clarity. In mythology the heroine must cross such a place in her darkest hour, where she comes to face her unlived life - meeting each of the divine allies disguised as regret, doubt, and insufficiency...If she is willing to consummate the full encounter, they will reveal themselves in service to the vitality of her true being." Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork Beatriz Martín Vidal

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"We are not separate, but also we are. We are these completely unique individuals who are capable of infinite configurations of innovation and beauty, but we are embedded within and entirely dependent upon the larger ocean of allness." -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork by Gemma Capdevila Meer Illustration, Watercolor Illustration, Watercolor Paintings, Art Painting, Tattoo Watercolor, Watercolor Trees, Watercolor Animals, Watercolor Techniques, Watercolor Background

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"We are not separate, but also we are. We are these completely unique individuals who are capable of infinite configurations of innovation and beauty, but we are embedded within and entirely dependent upon the larger ocean of allness." -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork by Gemma Capdevila

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"Most of us are not consciously aware that we’re driving ourselves so hard, because we identify with the importance of being successful and productive, but there is another part of us that feels the effects of being driven. She is the one who bears all silently, whose entire existence is to serve us, who asks very little, and gives so much. She is, they are, the Holy Helpers...They are nature itself, feeding us, breathing us, healing us." Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork Sandra Dieckmann Winter Illustration, Children's Book Illustration, Sandra Dieckmann, World Mentalhealth Day, School Murals, Polar Bear, Picture Book, Creatures

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"Most of us are not consciously aware that we’re driving ourselves so hard, because we identify with the importance of being successful and productive, but there is another part of us that feels the effects of being driven. She is the one who bears all silently, whose entire existence is to serve us, who asks very little, and gives so much. She is, they are, the Holy Helpers...They are nature itself, feeding us, breathing us, healing us." Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork Sandra Dieckmann

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"This welcoming presence silently communicates that it believes in the part of them that knows which way to go. And they can feel that. With their inner knowing reflected, they begin to move in the right direction." Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork Roeqiya Fris Designers Gráficos, Arte Fashion, Editorial Fashion, Girl Fashion, Ouvrages D'art, Art Et Illustration, Fashion Illustrations, Art Design

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"This welcoming presence silently communicates that it believes in the part of them that knows which way to go. And they can feel that. With their inner knowing reflected, they begin to move in the right direction." Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork Roeqiya Fris

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“Our capacity for embodied pleasure depends on our ability to receive, which is like a muscle that can atrophy if it’s been habitually contracted. A learned sense of unworthiness can act as a barrier against our well-being, keeping us from opening to the beauty that’s all around us. With practice, we can learn how to welcome beauty and receive pleasure wholeheartedly.” -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook |Artwork Andreas Lei Deviant Art, Double Exposure Photography, Art Photography, Artistic Photography, Photoshop Tutorial, Framed Art Prints, Canvas Prints, Diy Prints, Heart Art Print

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“Our capacity for embodied pleasure depends on our ability to receive, which is like a muscle that can atrophy if it’s been habitually contracted. A learned sense of unworthiness can act as a barrier against our well-being, keeping us from opening to the beauty that’s all around us. With practice, we can learn how to welcome beauty and receive pleasure wholeheartedly.” -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook |Artwork Andreas Lei

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"The dissenting voice speaks for the voiceless. And in some ironic plot twist, it is in the revolt against false belonging that real solidarity can be born. Your willingness to speak the truth about something that disagrees with you is what allows for the undamming of communication, giving all involved a fertile place to grow and the chance to build a real village.” -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork by @onbeinginyourbody Feminist Icons, Feminist Art, Garden Of Words, State Of Play, Badass Women, Patriarchy, Belonging, Ironic

"The dissenting voice speaks for the voiceless. And in some ironic plot twist, it is in the revolt against false belonging that real solidarity can be born. Your willingness to speak the truth about something that disagrees with you is what allows for the undamming of communication, giving all involved a fertile place to grow and the chance to build a real village.” -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork by @onbeinginyourbody

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"It is the way of all nature to be of service to something greater than one life alone...The apple tree is generous with its fruits, offering those gifts to anyone who wants to be fed by them. But it also serves itself in that the apple-eater becomes a carrier for the tree’s seeds to proliferate. When we tune into our belonging with all things, there is a similarly combined urge to both succeed in life and to make our life an offering unto the commons." - Toko-pa Turner | Artwork Ericka Lugo Magical Tree, Lugo, Tree Illustration, All Nature, Artsy Fartsy, Cool Art, Awesome Art, Art Pieces

"It is the way of all nature to be of service to something greater than one life alone...The apple tree is generous with its fruits, offering those gifts to anyone who wants to be fed by them. But it also serves itself in that the apple-eater becomes a carrier for the tree’s seeds to proliferate. When we tune into our belonging with all things, there is a similarly combined urge to both succeed in life and to make our life an offering unto the commons." - Toko-pa Turner | Artwork Ericka Lugo

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The word "equinox" derives from the Latin, meaning “equal night.” As we enter the Fall here in the Northern Hemisphere, we reflect on the seeds we planted in Spring and prepare for the dark months ahead. We remember to bring our interior world into balance now, paying attention to dreams, honouring creativity and deepening relationship. Let us consider what wants to fall away & what still needs nurturing, and celebrate the bounty of our yields. Blessed Equinox! Toko-pa | Artwork Julie Dillon Mabon, Samhain, Zodiac Art, Zodiac Signs, Zodiac Sexy, Virgo Art, Astrology Virgo, Caricatures, Chiara Bautista

The word "equinox" derives from the Latin, meaning “equal night.” As we enter the Fall here in the Northern Hemisphere, we reflect on the seeds we planted in Spring and prepare for the dark months ahead. We remember to bring our interior world into balance now, paying attention to dreams, honouring creativity and deepening relationship. Let us consider what wants to fall away & what still needs nurturing, and celebrate the bounty of our yields. Blessed Equinox! Toko-pa | Artwork Julie Dillon

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"Most of us feel an agonizing longing to contribute something meaningful to the deficits of our time. But weeks, months and even years can disappear in just keeping up on the treadmill of life’s demands...But the truth is, if we really want to make an eloquent offering of our lives, we have to step out of that dependency on the external world and locate our source of guidance within." -Toko-pa Turner | Artwork by Geraldine Sly Art And Illustration, Character Illustration, Animal Illustrations, Illustrations Posters, Mountain Illustration, Magazine Illustration, Mountain Art Print

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"Most of us feel an agonizing longing to contribute something meaningful to the deficits of our time. But weeks, months and even years can disappear in just keeping up on the treadmill of life’s demands...But the truth is, if we really want to make an eloquent offering of our lives, we have to step out of that dependency on the external world and locate our source of guidance within." -Toko-pa Turner | Artwork by Geraldine Sly

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"The animals in our dreams are the keepers of our feeling life. More than just affect, feeling is the total capacity of the human organism to experience the world. The more we feel, the more sensitively we engage with the world around us. If we are overriding our instincts, our dream animals might appear wounded, starved, or neglected...This is to show us how to have compassion and reverence for our animal body and heart." -Toko-pa Turner | Artwork by Jackie Morris Art D'ours, Snow Bear, East Of The Sun, Arte Sketchbook, Bear Art, Native American Art, Les Arts

"The animals in our dreams are the keepers of our feeling life. More than just affect, feeling is the total capacity of the human organism to experience the world. The more we feel, the more sensitively we engage with the world around us. If we are overriding our instincts, our dream animals might appear wounded, starved, or neglected...This is to show us how to have compassion and reverence for our animal body and heart." -Toko-pa Turner | Artwork by Jackie Morris

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"There is a stand of undeveloped jungle, a place of "indigeneity" within each of us, that can never be domesticated. It is a borderless land, beyond personality and convention, even beyond thought, where pure creativity arises...Few make the trek into this creative wild, because the path requires great vulnerability. To come into our true originality, we must surrender the layers of numbness we use to protect our hearts." - Toko-pa Turner | Artwork Pierre Artista Afrocentric Art, Award Winning Books, Realistic Drawings, Dark Beauty, Natural World

"There is a stand of undeveloped jungle, a place of "indigeneity" within each of us, that can never be domesticated. It is a borderless land, beyond personality and convention, even beyond thought, where pure creativity arises...Few make the trek into this creative wild, because the path requires great vulnerability. To come into our true originality, we must surrender the layers of numbness we use to protect our hearts." - Toko-pa Turner | Artwork Pierre Artista

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"Forgiveness is coming to a place of reconciliation within, where you no longer wish for things to have been different than they were. To choose things wholeheartedly as they were and are." -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwor: Jun Cen Conceptual Illustrations, Chinese Artists, You Draw, Art Moderne, Magazine Art

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"Forgiveness is coming to a place of reconciliation within, where you no longer wish for things to have been different than they were. To choose things wholeheartedly as they were and are." -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwor: Jun Cen

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"Dignity is not something that can be given to you, it is the marrow-deep recognition of your own worth. To have dignity is to be comfortable in your own skin, unlike the person that lives so far outside themselves that they are always garnering appreciation and validation from others." -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork: Lina Viktor Black Artists, Female Artists, Klimt, Art Afro, Art Africain, Black Art Pictures, Black Artwork, African American Art

"Dignity is not something that can be given to you, it is the marrow-deep recognition of your own worth. To have dignity is to be comfortable in your own skin, unlike the person that lives so far outside themselves that they are always garnering appreciation and validation from others." -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork: Lina Viktor

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$"For the many of us who have been fractured in spirit, it must be said that there is a medicine to be retrieved from exile. That medicine, the treasure lost and recovered, is one that might otherwise never be known. If you can stand fully in your own unbelonging and become friendly with the terrors of loneliness and exclusion, you can no longer be governed by your avoidance of them. In other words, you are on your way home." - Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork: Alexandra Dvornikova Home Art, Art Drawings, Sketch Book, Creations$

"For the many of us who have been fractured in spirit, it must be said that there is a medicine to be retrieved from exile. That medicine, the treasure lost and recovered, is one that might otherwise never be known. If you can stand fully in your own unbelonging and become friendly with the terrors of loneliness and exclusion, you can no longer be governed by your avoidance of them. In other words, you are on your way home." - Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork: Alexandra Dvornikova

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"Though we may think of belonging as a static place of attainment, it is actually dynamic. If you’ve ever watched flowers filmed with timelapse photography, you’ve seen how they don’t open in a single, continuous movement but contract right before opening wider. Belonging must also allow for alternating phases of contraction and expansion, apartness and togetherness." -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork by Meraki Labbe Psychedelic Art, Phönix Tattoo, Tatoo Art, Land Tattoos, Arte Floral, Trippy

"Though we may think of belonging as a static place of attainment, it is actually dynamic. If you’ve ever watched flowers filmed with timelapse photography, you’ve seen how they don’t open in a single, continuous movement but contract right before opening wider. Belonging must also allow for alternating phases of contraction and expansion, apartness and togetherness." -Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork by Meraki Labbe

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"Wholeness is not, as the word implies, a state of completion at the end of a long dedication to attainment. Rather, it is a channel into which we can always tune. It just so happens that our ability to remain in reception of its broadcast can take a lifetime to master." - Toko-pa Turner #beloningbook | Artwork by Felideus Bubastis Magick, Witchcraft, Goddess Art, Fire Goddess, Egyptian Goddess, Gods And Goddesses

"Wholeness is not, as the word implies, a state of completion at the end of a long dedication to attainment. Rather, it is a channel into which we can always tune. It just so happens that our ability to remain in reception of its broadcast can take a lifetime to master." - Toko-pa Turner #beloningbook | Artwork by Felideus Bubastis

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“Our lives are like the fruit of a heritage seed: Each of the generations that preceded us has contributed to our life’s survival. There is an ancestral momentum which carries us forward when we are in step with it, and to which we are beholden. To hear this momentum, we must turn towards the soul. There, in our dreams, we find the clues to what we love and what our lives long for.”- Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork by Olaf Hajek Arte Inspo, Kunst Inspo, Olaf, Street Art, Inspiration Artistique, Painting Inspiration, Oeuvre D'art

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“Our lives are like the fruit of a heritage seed: Each of the generations that preceded us has contributed to our life’s survival. There is an ancestral momentum which carries us forward when we are in step with it, and to which we are beholden. To hear this momentum, we must turn towards the soul. There, in our dreams, we find the clues to what we love and what our lives long for.”- Toko-pa Turner #belongingbook | Artwork by Olaf Hajek

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