my self-labels, part 3: atheist Quaker spiritualist, energy-weaver, color/light worshipper...

[belenen]

icon: "spiritual (a photo of a snow leopard with (edited) violet eyes staring straight into the camera)"What are the parts of your identity that you have labels for? (list and then define

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[lostincandyrain]

I love this, particularly the image of you stroking your partner's dragon wings, and everything you said about religion resonated a lot for me.

[belenen]

oh that is lovely to read, thank you! Though I am a little confused because I didn't think I was talking about religion? are you referring to the stuff about Quakers?

[lostincandyrain]

Well the Quaker stuff definitely - I've always been pretty attracted to their way of doing things - but I think I meant spirituality more than religion specifically... Like where you're talking about a heart-shaped rock having meaning because you decide it does...

[belenen]

ah I see what you mean, cool!

[ragnarok_08]

Thank you for the post - this was so informative, and everything that you said about religion is exactly how I feel.

[belenen]

glad you liked reading it! not sure what you mean by religion -- do you mean the stuff about Quakers?

[ragnarok_08]

You're welcome, and yes I did mean that, especially the belief that everyone has the ability to find truth and create meaning, like you said.

[webgirluk]

I relate to a lot of this. Being analytical, creative and curious are a big part of me as well. I love analytical question sharing in order to connect. You made me think about my own creative outlets as I consider myself creative but am often bad at getting around to creating content to share that I believe others see as mattering so it's interesting to see you do count the smaller things as being creative as often in day to day life, I tend to be creative in 100 smaller ways and worry about the unpresented radio show, the unwritten book or the unmade movie that I can't seem to focus on making happen. So you taught me these are things to value too or do have value. I love to create and share. It's a big part of me. Graphic designing interests me to learn and I discussed this with Brian too, before you wrote this post. I've seen the fractal art others make and love it :-) I also have a fascination with lights and light relfections.

[belenen]

I really love the entry that this inspired you to write! I do think it's so important to celebrate the small, informal expressions of creativity.