Kaitlin Ernest > Recent Status Updates

“I am made of flesh and bones and each time I’ve let a wound go untended, it has become a part of the framework from which I see my life. A hurt left untended becomes an offense I pick up.” Oof!

“In defiance of the curse, we had been rehearsing all along the New Creation in the making of these things. So now, Creator Spirit, unto that day, quicken my hands; enliven my imagination.”

What a liturgy for the artist!

“What you have worked is more than it now seems. The economy of creation is backloaded and sits on springs. What you have made will one day be unveiled, unleashed, take wing, or glow with glory coursing from that cracked chrysalis you had fashioned in defiance of the deep shadows of this age…”

“But here is the magic of staying-love, as I’m learning. Staying-love says, “I will do my growing with you.” The staying-love you practice is ever expanding, making space with each new iteration of ourselves. It tells us we are special, unique, and irreplaceable. Staying-love says, “I’ll leave if I need it,or you ask me to. But I’m going to assume staying until told otherwise.”