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Corey Bacon's avatar

Love this line on grief, “What is beautiful about grief is that it melts us, unfreezes us, and moves us. We grieve-with.” Such a beautiful view of grief🙏🏻

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Amy Simons's avatar

Thank you Corey. Yes, I have experienced this many times, especially when grief enters into a family constellation. Sometimes, the constellation feels so stuck, like nothing is moving at all, and then grief enters and everything changes. It's a powerful emotion.

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Corey Bacon's avatar

Interesting. What do you mean by family constellation?

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Amy Simons's avatar

It is a form of systemic work / therapy - it is usually done in a group and you choose different people to 'represent' your family member or aspects of the system you are looking at. It's an interesting form of systemic work.

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Corey Bacon's avatar

I can imagine that would be really powerful🙏🏻

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Ariees Roman's avatar

Love the image—

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Ariees Roman's avatar

You’re welcome! I’ve been following your work, as I’m working on a book about shades and shadows—and your images speak to me.

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Amy Simons's avatar

I'm so glad to hear that :)

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Amy Simons's avatar

Thank you!

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Edward.Marlo.Ruiz's avatar

Wow I absolutely love love this. I’m so happy I read this today. Not only do the words inspire but your art is so dope. I love the imagery you play with here and it’s something very raw and human. I can definitely name them and I feel inspired reading this. Thank you!🙏

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Amy Simons's avatar

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me!

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