I see what needs to happen now. I was unhappy with some of my dreads . They looked braided and I disliked the way they felt.Those will eventually fall apart, like most of my other T&R dreads. That is nature destroying my art. I'm okay with that, because my art was unbalanced, lacking natural influence. Everything is shifting toward equilibrium. From my perspective, you're missing a step in your change of outlook to one more aligned to the naturalistic viewpoint... By once again putting your hands into your hair, you're -again- fiddling with the very thing that you've stated you want to leave alone and let the Mother take charge of. Leave it be and let nature -change- what you've initiated. I haven't missed a step. I just haven't (or hadn't) yet gotten there. It's all a process, like everything else, apparently including my ridiculous hair. Putting my hands in to fiddle is not an unnatural act. The way and the amount that I fiddle with my hair determines the balance point between natural chaos and human influence. Only by contributing order and intent will art and nature blend.
updated by @ryan-emmel: 07/22/15 06:35:12AM
Regrets, and a shift in philosophy
My hands and my intent are as natural as my hair and my heartbeat. "Natural" is subjective, and to me, it demands love and care, not neglect..
amen.
This is the exact reason that I couldn't go 100% 'natural' or 'neglect' those two seem to be synonomous in the dreading world, and they in no way, shape or form go together in my mind. Ryan Emmel said:
My hands and my intent are as natural as my hair and my heartbeat. "Natural" is subjective, and to me, it demands love and care, not neglect..
im glad it seems as though u finally have gotten closure on the subject and pe4rhaps found ur own dreading path.
For now, I feel good about the way things are going. Hopefully I'll continue to learn and develop, even if that means facing more turmoil. hippie mama said:
im glad it seems as though u finally have gotten closure on the subject and pe4rhaps found ur own dreading path.
That may be so. My mind will not encircle infinity, so I can't be sure myself. But in that case, and on that scale, hair is most insignificant. Chronic said:
Impermanence is the only illusion, permanence is absolute reality
Very good post. Yes we've all been there, you decide where you want to go from here, just don't ...cut.And yes, it's all natural, but there is more natural.
