Creativity is a flow state. Creation is a form of divine energy. Do not become so obsessed with your creative projects or self-development that you inflame and stress your tissues and blow your circuits out. Do not overdose on how-to, self-care or motivational YouTube videos which can have an adverse effect and drain your vital energy. A certain element of healthy obsession is required but you do have to make time to rest, nap, play, exercise, lay up, spend time in nature, and prep nutrient-dense meals. Begin now building your capacity to feel safe in this world when you permit your work move a bit slower. Initially it may feel difficult or impossible—be okay with mastering the difficult or impossible. This is the magic of deep tissue nervous system work.
It means learning to breathe deeply through uncertainty and the discomforts of the unknown and not always have dates, times, or answers while witnessing other people finish projects or level up around you. It means listening to your body when it needs to urinate and not just waiting until you are about to pee on yourself before you get up from the computer to relieve your overworked bladder. It means discovering ways to relax when you take days off. It means eating real food. It means turning off your phone or computer and playing records in low lights for the evening. It means letting yourself relax and just play with no aim or objective.
Be okay with stepping out of constant productivity and hustle culture and aligning with the smaller, the slower, the gentler. This appears simple and easy, but for most, it will be surprisingly difficult and uncomfortable. But when you do so, you will be more magnetic, aligned, and healthy in the long run. Because female physiology doesn't run off of just light or achievements. It needs a strong foundation of supreme care, nutrition, and tending, or else it begins to weep and eventually scream. The female body is the pillar of the entire family/village/community and requires a lot more love and respect from us. Never forget that. -India Ame'ye, Author
(4/5) Can we talk for a second. This is art. This is film as art. The aesthetic is gritty from the setting and cinematography... but the performances and theme are what stand out. I didn't expect to get emotional at the end, but man, the amount of dust in my eye was unacceptable.
I think this film is hitting a cord with me because some similar scenarios are currently happening in my life. Do you let this world...this dying, ugly, unjust world turn you into a monster or do you stand on the foundation of your character, your integrity?!
Millennials and Gen Zers...this is the question we have to ask ourselves entering into adulthood, into corporate, into the workforce. I currently work in a work culture where I am a first-hand witness on the unholy marriage of willful incompetence and "white privilege." These people have been with the company for decades with no oversight or consequence, and now it is the norm. If I can get away with doing the bare minimum and still get paid, why doing more? That is the motto of the majority of people I work with.
So how do you navigate a work culture like that; on top of everything that has happened or is happening in your life outside of work? This is what this movie illustrates near perfectly.
Tye Sheridan was superb in this film. I haven't seen a lot of his films but more people should be talking about this performance. Him sharing a screen with Sean Penn, Tye did a group job. I would have liked more dialogue with Penn's character. One particular scene his reaction was not filled with words but his performance showed his heartbreak. That heartbreak led to his sad decision toward the end.
This is a film you should check out...
Asphalt City follows Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan), a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky (Sean Penn). The dark nights reveal a city in crisis; Rutkovsky guides Cross, as each 911 call is often dangerous and uncertain, putting their lives on the line every day to help others. Cross soon discovers firsthand the chaos and awe of a job that careens from harrowing to heartfelt, testing his relationship with Rutkovsky and the ethical ambiguity that can be the difference between life and death (rottentomatoes.com
– The priority for the foreseeable future must be damage control.
– Tall order when Mutants everywhere are taking to the streets.
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