New Shape from 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 by Lyndsey Scott

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴.
𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯,
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘦𝘥.

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨,
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥
𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴' 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

-𝘙𝘶𝘮𝘪

My sacred place is the prairie where the Sugar Creek and Middle Fork of the Vermilion River meet. Tony and I were praying there on the winter solstice 2023, and this song joined us. Entering winter, preparing soul to molt, to meet the season of Deep - Grief - Shed - Sleep. I had just said yes to an invitation to weave community singing into a yearlong politicized somatics training for white racial justice facilitators — so i was thinking about “old shape/ new shape” as per this body of work:

“𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 “𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴.” 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨.” **

In December 2023 when this song landed, we were collectively stunned and horrified watching genocide unfold before our eyes in a never-ending Eye for an Eye . . . . . freezing + numbing + raging + coping + grieving, feeling for authentic on-the-ground action. And feeling for energetic root causes: one way I pray is to work to change in me what I experience as out of balance in the world. Witnessing unmetabolized historic trauma from the terror of the Holocaust blow through Israel, "I am that." How do I stop passing on the trauma I inherited through me?

How do we stop blowing trauma through We?

What does it take to be all the way Willing?



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https://generativesomatics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Copy-of-What-is-a-politicized-somatics.pdf

(she/her) is an artist-goofball-yintennae devoted to priestesSing the Heartland, (lit & fig).  Weaving community singing as a "technology of Belonging," she gathers soul circles that decompose oppressive scripts thru Song, ritual, & heart-share. Her jams get you skippin easily between the sacred, sexy, and silly: your inner child, exiled banshee, + wise elder are all very invited to the party 😘

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