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Be a Body

6/20/2017

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I've written about how important it is to me to "show up," both emotionally and physically in other blog posts, especially this one. 

In this post, I'm focusing on physically showing up -- as in, arriving where I want or need to be in a mostly timely manner.

As I've Mentioned Before...

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If only it were true....
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Take Me to the Mothership

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There are three main reasons It's important that I don't mess up this Situation:

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And, finally, the huge amount of shame I would feel for not being able to fulfill a very basic, reasonable commitment would make it really, really difficult for me to show up at all, even if I still was able to maintain my membership in the space.

​Nobody wants me to feel ashamed, or to leave. But still. I can't just keep being inconsistent. The Mothership needs to be able to rely on me to do what I say I'll do.

Darn It.

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Who's Allie?

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Let me introduce you to the amazing photographer + generally kick-ass human known as Allie Mullin. Check out her work, it's awesome.
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I love the way "be a body" sounds. It makes me think of bodies of water, or celestial bodies. Just, existing.
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I Can Accept Allie's Help in a Semi-Graceful Manner Because While I May Struggle with Showing up,  I'M Also Confident that I Am A Valued And Valuable Member of This Community. 

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So, Being A body kind of worked. 

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Performing Dawn...Being Dawn

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TA-Daaaa!

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Killing It!
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Dying.
"Killing It....Dying," coined by Zoe Litaker, another awesome artist-photographer-human in the Mothership community. Check out her website!

So This Is What Being Human Looks Like? 

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And asking someone to have coffee with me doesn't necessarily qualify as asking for help, even if I'm feeling a little wobbly at the time. By the time I get there, the wobbly feelings might just be gone. Or not. But that's being human. Or so I hear.
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    For over two decades, Dawn Dreyer has worked as a writer, mixed-media documentary maker, and teacher. Since 2005, Dawn has been an outspoken advocate for herself and others with the lived experience of mental illness. Her current project is the animated documentary Bipolar Girl Rules the World. 


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