oh dear sweet glorious woman,
when was the last time you felt w i l d ?? truly unabashedly wild? the kind of wild where you forget your good self and inhabit something old and primal.
your raw, erotic nature is the portal into everything you already carry within. time out to dance in these waters is necessary if you wish to divert from the well-worn path and carve out a new way. your wildness, your messiness, your complexity, and paradoxical self all must come along, linked arm in arm.
this is not a template. there is no formula. you only know the next step after taking the first. this is a battle cry to all women. remember. remember. remember your power. recall your ancient ability to create new worlds. dance and sing the wildness back onto your bones. devour and digest the juice of life knowing it nourishes the many creative projects you have yet to birth. the many lives you have yet to live.
you are allowed to revel in your multi-faceted nature, not needing to make sense to anyone. not even yourself. throw the rule book out the window. forget how it was done before. welcome the delicious, painful experience of being misunderstood. light that black candle and burn the petition.
throw up mirrors around you, bouncing back what isn’t yours to absorb. shake your ass to florence & the machine, howl at the moon, paint your lips in burgundy, and blow a kiss to the naysayers who have forgotten how to dream.
make love to yourself in the mirror. draw a circle of salt and cast away. travel to the jungle, the city, the desert, the seaside. don’t ever let it be enough.
question and question some more. read, read, read. WRITE. oh my goodness, please write. let the words spill from you. don’t think. just do.
learn when to ignore others and when to ignore yourself. be audacious. no, even more. even more than you think.
take a lover. let them adore you, but never erase you. your life must be full of you. YOU must be full of you.
make things. create. make art. let it be horrible. let it be beautiful. let it be whatever it is. none of your business. share your creations with the world. share your voice. do something, anything, to leave a little mark. an ink stain on the forever unfolding story of the cosmos.
don’t take it so seriously. it matters deeply and it doesn’t at all. let the duality of life boggle your mind. invite awe. worship wonder. it’s okay not to know much. it’s okay not to know anything.
laugh more than you should. laugh too loud. cry often and let it hurt. dance it through. you always get to the other side more alive, more yourself. drink wine. toast to life. dress immaculately. whatever that means to you.
it’s yours.
it’s yours.
it’s yours.
this life is yours. this wildness is yours. the cage only exists in the mind. something more is calling.
answer.
aren’t you curious?
Montoya Miller
messy sophistication
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