16th Street Goddess, Mission District, San Francisco. Photo by Jamie Walters (Use in accordance with Creative Commons – cite credit and link to this post. Merci.)
Free your Wyrd. Or your Weird. Or your Freak Flag.
Let your genius loose.
Open the attic door and let the madwoman stomp down the stairs and make toast of the not-you.
(*According to Michael Meade, one of the meanings of the welsh Wyyrrdd is to have one foot in both worlds)
“The genius wants activity. It is connected to the stars. It is connected to a spark and it wants to burn and it wants to create and it has gifts to give. You have a name that is inside you and the stars know your name and even if you are lost in this world if you remember your connection to the stars, to the dance of this cosmos, you can find yourself.”
Michael Meade is attempting to reintroduce the idea of the ‘genius’ to our contemporary world. Through his organization, the Mozaic Multicultural Foundation, he has started the Genius Project.
Michael Meade –
“We’re in the time of tragic stories. The background for this consideration of genius is really the rattling of culture and the disruption of the…
Jamie is an inspiration partner and lantern-holding guide for her fellow transformation leaders, change catalysts, and creative nonconformists who are exploring and navigating the "fierce edges of Life" and "Being the Change" in these transformative times.
She is an author, writer, mentor, and muse who weaves both ancient and contemporary timeless Wisdom into living in these wild modern times.
She's the creatrix and curator of Sophia's Children, founded the long-running Ivy Sea Communication & Change consultancy (and its award-winning Ivy Sea Online), and has published through the leading-edge Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
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Thank you, Julianne Victoria. Thanks for sharing your photo … that particular mural is near the home of dear friends, so I passed by it often. San Francisco has so many! One of many things I miss about my long-time hometown now that I’m ‘back East’. xoxo Love, Jamie
February 6, 2015 at 8:29 pm
Great re-blog! Thank you! Also love the pic. I’ve photographed the entire mural if you are interested here: https://streetsofsfphotos.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/patterned-mural-re-visted-11-photos/
February 11, 2015 at 5:28 pm
Thank you, Julianne Victoria. Thanks for sharing your photo … that particular mural is near the home of dear friends, so I passed by it often. San Francisco has so many! One of many things I miss about my long-time hometown now that I’m ‘back East’. xoxo Love, Jamie
February 7, 2015 at 4:04 am
Beautiful post Jamie, I love these words. 🙂
Karen
February 11, 2015 at 5:27 pm
Thank you, Karen. I’m glad you enjoyed it; I was happy to share it. 🙂 Love, Jamie
February 7, 2015 at 3:30 pm
Thank you Jamie for reblogging this post. I appreciate the comments. You marvelously echo the sentiments of Michael Meade 🙂
February 11, 2015 at 5:26 pm
You’re so welcome! I really enjoyed the post (and am revisiting it as well), so I enjoyed sharing it, too. Thanks for writing it. 🙂
February 7, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Ahhhh ~ lost in wonder at these musings ~ ~ ~
February 11, 2015 at 5:25 pm
Me, too. 🙂 They’re worth revisiting, too. Love, Jamie
February 8, 2015 at 7:04 am
I always fly my freak flag.
February 11, 2015 at 5:24 pm
Woo hoo! Excellent. It’s an inspiration for others who are building their courage to fly theirs, too.