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Creating from an A U T H E N T I C space

  • Writer: Mitchell Richter
    Mitchell Richter
  • Nov 5
  • 4 min read

This is super important to me, the feeling that you can stand behind your work and have it be a true representation of who it is you are, not who your trying to convince others you are or anything in-between. Just you, in its essence it is you all the way down to the core. Something unreal happens when you tap into the latent potential of who it is you are, you become fearless and dangerous to all of those around you, you no longer hold your tongue and have the confidence to speak what is on your mind, with all of this being said there must always be some consideration to be acknowledge as to the way you get your message out into the world. We must always keep in mind that other people aren't always on the same wave length and it may take a little bit of bridging to connect the dots here, it wont be as easy as drawing a line from one point to the next. One person can say the word 'tree' while the other person could be struggling to grasp exactly what is meant by the use of this word. Is it used to describe a specific tree or a number or various trees? The most informed questions we can ask in a space which allows us to ask informed questions the better chance we have at communicating with those around us, this is ideally what I like to see at a base level, a space that fosters communication on all levels, a space where we can all take some consideration to listen to others, to be willing to place ourselves in the position of the other person and see things from an alternative view. Only then can you distingish whether or not you position is one of your own choosing and not adopted from someone else only slighly tweaked to satisfy a demanding market. I feel as if it is neccessary for each and every one of us to venture into strange places with our ideas, to explore them, to listen in to what the hidden messages behind the context has to say. It is only those who are deeply fearful of expressing their message that try to hinder this, those who aim to be right all the time. i do not enjoy the notion of being right, or for that being said to be wrong. I believe its important to continue the conversation to keep assessing what arises, what models are most suitable for the current situation and to continually update and apply the most appropriate model based on the enivironment. Our environments shape us, they define us and ultimately give us feedback. The type of enivironment we place ourselves in determines a lot about who we are. If you are in a safe, nurturing and secure environment you would likely see most of your ideas met with a certain response in line with compassion and respect. On the other hand if you are currently in an environment where the opposite is at play you will most likely be experiencing resentful, passive aggressiveness and refusal to address issues in circulation within this space. You truly won't understand the difference until you have experienced both sides of this and then make the decision for yourself, we all must make the choice, it isn't the responsibilty of another to make a consciously informed choice, it is the duty of the individual to make an individual choice based on the experience that has been experienced. Through all of this you give yourself the most powerful toolkit known to mankind: The Ability to Choose for Yourself. This is the way forward, I have fought myself for years sitting with this feeling and never truly expressing my feelings about my position here, no longer will I allow myself to sulk in silence while my message may be able to reach those who were one in the same position as I. I never know if I am making the best choice, I simply make the most informed choice I can based on the information I have gathered and I believe in the message I will stand by it. We must learn to follow our inner voice and chart paths based on intuition, to go against oneself when the feeling is evidently clear can be likened to a part of you dying. "When you silence yourself intentionally to save another from the burden of your view who suffers? The other person for not being able to be exposed to a situation that may have helped them grow or you who now must sit there with the lingering presence of an unsung truth now recirculating eternally." Choose to do what you believe in and continually readjust this as you move through life, choose yourself and choose life. It won't always make sense and it often won't be fair but what it will be is and will always be is....YOUR CHOICE.

 
 
 

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