CreativeMornings - 🪟 Acceptance is the grace to let go

April 27, 2023

Two figures holding blocks with letters that form the word Acceptance

May’s Theme is Acceptance

Acceptance is the act of surrendering to our reality, without judgment or fear. There are many things in our lives that cause us discomfort or pain. We attempt to change or resist them, to no effect. So we wave a big stick, keeping them at bay like a wounded animal.

Acceptance is weaving into your story what once caused you pain — and still might, to this day. You welcome that creature into your home, tend to its wounds, and feed it out of your hand. Acceptance is knowing that this feral animal lives side by side with your tender house cat of a heart, always.

Embracing what cannot change can help you gather the energy to change what must. Accept these truths: you cannot make another person love or see you. You did not finish everything before the sun set on another day — and you didn’t need to. Every moment will pass, the blissful and the excruciating. It’s the hardest lesson, but one we need the most: the grace to let go.

Our Lexington chapter chose this month’s exploration of Acceptance and Robert Beatty illustrated the theme.

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Did you know you can attend some of our chapter events virtually? Stream into Vancouver's event next week on May 5! At the end of the month you can tune into Victoria's event on May 26.

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🤸‍♀️ Moving Gestures

Meet our Acceptance illustrator, Robert Beatty! Beatty is an artist and musician based in Lexington, Kentucky. Best known as a prolific album cover artist, his illustration work has been in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Surfer Magazine, The New Republic, and on album covers for Tame Impala, Kesha, The Flaming Lips, and the Weeknd. Explore some of Robert’s favorite works — and check out his talk for CreativeMornings/Lexington on the topic of Surreal!

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Slip your headphones on, DJ Jim Q’s playlist this month is an exploration of Acceptance. Music, especially in its independent and alternative forms, has always been a refuge for those seeking acceptance outside of societal norms. It is a special kind of acceptance that is based on differences rather than conformity. Tune in for tunes that show the kind of safe harbor outsiders can find in sonic freedom.

For this month’s theme “syllabus,” we asked, what things in your life have you struggled to accept? What forms of grace have you given yourself? What does acceptance feel like to you? You shared moving and emotional reflections that left us full of gratitude for your vulnerability. Read on for your fellow readers’ interpretations of the theme Acceptance.

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I made this newsletter by observing the whole galaxy of feelings inside of myself. If they can coexist, then the gravity holding them together must be acceptance.

🪐 Waving,
Annie Yi, CreativeMornings HQ

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