Attacked within and kicked out from her birth nest prematurely, she had never had a solid “home,” and the skyways loomed too large where competition and predation seemed prevalent.
Author: Candid Corvid Productions
- Creative Creations for Clever Minds! -
Duality
Why do I crave “grounding” when I was born with “wings?”
Factors In Progression
Too much pressure on survival.
Having an insatiable curiosity.
Hunger for expansive learning.
Ambition to grow and progress.
The concern that I will miss “right timing.”
Multilevel triangulating.
Constant reorienting.
“Sounding” for intuition’s guidance.
Insecurity – “stability” is illusory.
Finding My Bearings
Still injured, I cannot just throw myself back into jobs that I could have taken on before the car accudent and just pushed through by sheer determination’s efforts.
Returning to offering healing therapies requires that I differently pace myself and offer services more strategically.
Being that I had to let go of my previous therapy client base while I figured out the scope and needs of my recovery plan, I now must identify new niches that I can serve sustainably.
And, from this last year’s experience with learning about my TBI, I know now that I can only tend to and progress on a few points of focus at any given time.
Which means that although I want to pursue more skills and certifications, I must choose my current short-term goals wisely.
Do I want to deepen and expand upon skills that I need to independently grow and flex in my own personal creativity’s expression?
(YES – Please God – YES!!!)
Or, do I shelf personal needs again to obtain more certifications to generate potential for additional income-making opportunities?
An issue is that “I’m dying here.”
My soul is starved and depleted from all of this life circumstantial hardship navigating.
In essence, do I take a kind of personal break while rebuilding my therapy business?
If I focus on nourishing my creativity while helping others, maybe I could restore my natural impetus’ energy.
And then, I might be on more solid footing to pursue further certifications?
Why is it so hard to allow myself to just take this time and invest in supporting my own needs, as well as the needs of others?
Good Foundations
Nourishing one’s self must be included in caring for others to also promote the self’s happiness, health, and thriving stablility.
(I’ll Be Around – Elderbrook, Hotel Sdession # 34)
Transcendental heart resononance – booyah for that higher love – YES!!!
Vinyl Lit
Short sequence.
(Dreamstate after having listened to Elderbrook’s hotel session # 34)
(The Rapture – &Me – KM037)
“Happy Dude”
Carpet imagery.
Gone Viral
Scrolling through new music, she hit play on a new video and soon froze in her tracks on the elliptical machine.
The lyrics were singing about something intimate that she had recently shared in confidence with someone else locally.
And her name was being called out over and over again in the musical overlay.
A feverish reaction took over her brain and her body broke out into a deeper sweat, as if the singer had been speaking directly to her.
What was happening here?!
What the heck could this mean?!
Her resistance suddenly pushed over the edge of its limits, she began making immediate, drastic life changes.
Out On A Limb
Scooching backwards to find solid ground.
Dream Lover
“You hold me up when I’m falling down.”
Street Tactics
A good way to discourage a man who is an anti-commitment “player” is to remind him that there could be accidental paternity.
Sub Par Standards
“If more women closed their legs to men’s bad behavior, maybe men would better mature and not readily philander!”
(Only – R YX – Kaskade And Lipless Remix)
Letting Go
It’s hard to do when false temptation is there, right in front of you.
(Thunder – Imagine Dragons)
Sobs
Deleting that which “tasps.”
(Ref to Larry Niven)
Introversion
One can have great fun from great distance.
Singin’ With Hound And Wolf
By Athena Stairs and Canine Family – December 27, 2024
Vocal accompaniment by Hound, tap dancing nails and excited panting with yawn at the end by Wolf.
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BE The Uni-corn
“I AM The Uni-corn…!”
(We Could Leave – Mansionair)
A New Venue
I will be reaching out to help those who are struggling to help themselves and others.
The Shakes
“It’s not so much the hormone drop nor the intense need to feel connection, but the act of muscles locking down around the neck’s pinched nerve that sends my body into hysterics!”
Epic Proportions (I Need You – Elderbrook, Adriatic Remix)
Falcon Raising Bobcats
Materialism
What we can create in the material world.
Self Determination
“There’s all of this talk about ‘Chosen Ones,’ and certainly the isolation field that I have felt around me which seems to repel stable, ‘normal life’ aligns with the descriptions – but I prefer to think I have choice in the ‘matter.'”
Killer Whales Help injured Whale Calf
(Colossus – Afro Celt Sound System)
Anger In The Dust
“It’s called mad-ness for a reason…”
My Own Best Friend
“I’ve got to be.”
As The Reader Sees
“So does Cassandra escape and get to be with her beloved someday?” the young girl asked her grandmother, hopefully.
“Well, I know we would want her to be able to, wouldn’t we?”
The girl nodded, earnestly.
“But we must remember,” her grandmother cautioned, “she has been enslaved for a very long time, and in those kinds of circumstances, there are very harsh realities…”
Entrapment
When a bird is cagebound for too long, it begins to think that there is no better way of living, and memories of freedom song in flight begin fading as if they had been only in a dream.
(The End – Elderbrook)
Phenomenon
One day, she realized that the voice she had heard in her head when on the top edge of the cliffs must have been her mind’s own – for how else could she account for it when there was no tangible evidence?
And maybe it was as the guard said and no one was coming for her.
Maybe she should just take him up on his offers.
But damn it!
If she could have nothing else, she was going to at least hold onto this dream of having a loving partnership!
Even if it meant she would forever be on her own, she figured that it was one ideal worth living and dying for.
Tied In A Knot
One of the guards who had a reputation for “treating the girls right” kept hitting on her until finally fully vexed with her consistent rebuffs scolded, ” Cassandra! It’s not like you’re going to get a better offer!”
(Rise – Lynnic)
I Know, But…
While dance music often can appeal to younger generations, I find it disconcerting that there is so much “youth first and only” orientation – focusing upon encouraging them to walk away from morals and family values while excluding older generations that may be full of even more “hip” because they’ve weathered storms of life and have actually earned the joy of such music.
Double-Edged Sword
Being accomplished is great, but it can give the impression of one’s not needing anyone.
(Life Begin Again – Afro Celt Sound System & Robert Plant)
Steps To Freedom
She couldn’t believe it was happening, but she could see the path opening up before her.
Had he truly sent the messages, and were they for her only?
Insecurity had her fretting.
When she desperately needed comforting, she was supposed to endure more waiting.
New Version Elvis
“Functional Dysfunction” Song – Merry Xmas!
By Athena Stairs – December 25, 2024
It’s a functional demise
When I’m thinkin’ of you
There’s no one above you
But still you’re only in my mind
It’s a functional demise
When I am without you
Baby I get so blue
It’s all just compromise
We could be walkin’ in the park
On the beach on Sunday
(Yeah, here we go)
Holding hands
Looking into each others’ eyes
(Wooo-oooo)
But baby you’re a ghost
Just a figment of my imagination
And you always have been
It’s a kind of lunacy
My brain is in a haze
I can’t get my feet on the ground
They’ve got no place to be placed
It’s functional dysfunction
And it doesn’t give me grace
(I have been laughing at the timing and accompaniment of the background tasks while I was free-form figuring out this song…you can almost hear the music, and yet, the sound effects are actually perfect for the thematic!)
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Afraid To Fall
“Usually when I fall, I tend to get a concussion.
So why do I keep trying?”
(When You’re Falling – Afro Celt Sound System ft. Peter Gabriel)
Sinister Times
They say now that women have the power to shape their own destinies, where clearly, one mistep can lead to our immediate demise.
Exactly when and where is it safe for us to do so?
Only in the company of a good man may we be so inclined.
Hidden Spark
In the deepest cold of winter, he came to her bringing the heat of the sun, reviving and purifying her senses while his passion’s vitality rekindled her sense of purpose.
But upon awakening from the dream, she found nothing to cling to in the barren stone chamber except the dull nub of a burned out candle and the barest whisper of hope’s promise yet unsung.
Tidal Truths
There is no answer but to live and love, and do both well.
A Deep Sadness
Searching for meaning, gathered tiny shells gently caskaded from her slightly opening and slow-sweeping hand onto the sparkling, warm cove sand as she examined patterns of their falling, realizing that the only true assessment was that they had all once contained vital life within them.
