DO YOU HAVE YOUR WEAKNESSES READY?

Some beautiful friends asked me about this question, and here is sort of what I answered:

Actually, the phrase was supposed to be ”do you have your weakness ready”, as Neg48 used to say. That would be 345 in Gematria, which is the same as ”do you have your popcorn ready”. I wrote it wrongly here - but later realized even better, because then it became a 369…

However I like that question, and pose it to myself each day (well let’s pretend I remember to).

It refers to our left hemisphere, our cracks and shadows. Where are my vulnerabilities? What provokes me?

The way I see it, now is the time to examine our weaknesses. Find them, accept them, ”control” them. To not lose it all and freak out, later. To be able to help others and be in service. For the children. To stand seeing the truth about what has happened to them. To comfort those who were totally unprepared.

I don’t mean as in make all the weaknesses go away, but the opposite. More like: use them! When I make a mistake while painting, after swearing a bit, I try to turn that one thing into something special instead. Something I never would have thought of. And it often becomes the best thing about the painting.

I love defects. In people, in art, houses, music, voices, nature. In characters on stage or in movies. The vulnerable is so much more interesting and touching and life-changing, than the perfect?

Maybe knowing our weaknesses is just as important as knowing our strengths. Maybe our weaknesses ARE our strengths.

In this photo, it just so happened to be perfectly, defectly, symbolized by some rejected drafts, and the orange peel just laying around on my messy table. The peel - the so called garbage, is what makes it catch the eye?

And also the misspelling that turned out to be a 369.

The same with us 🧡🍿