the emergence of together in sacred grief

Oct 1

Written By kp

for those of you who have been around for my “together in grief” zine project for a minute — you know how much it has meant to me. it is a place that i can cup the magic in my hands and weave the thread of connection through creativity.

even though there are many who have submitted work to the zine and have never met me, let alone others who contributed on person, i like to imagine it as an invisible web. by sharing our grief expressions together into one creation, we make something bigger.

i had hoped that together in grief would continue forth in the world and be the foundation of something even more expansive, but i had no idea what that could be. in the last couple of months, i have felt the tendrils of that seed tugging at my skirt hem. it has been growing and i hadn’t even noticed amidst the push of finishing grad school, opening a private practice, and just freaking life. but there it was, patiently urging me to take a seat and listen to the hum of so much more.

as i began to take note of what i was hearing, i realized that together in grief was yearning for a bigger vessel. after some musing around, together in sacred grief emerged as the awaited container.

grief is inherently sacred. even in it’s deepest, achiest, and snottiest sobs, shaking and thrashing - it breaks us open. it is an altered state of mind. it can be so fucking dark. but holy cow how it has brought me to my knees in reverence of life.

not everyone has to be in that place of relationship with grief - that is okay. yet this container holds the capacity for the full spectrum of grief and however it comes to manifest it’s expression.

i feel very lucky to have heard the call of those tendrils — it brought me to this moment where i can dream bigger than ever before. i hope that you will be a part of this project and all that is to come. i truly believe that by facing loss, tending to grief, and finding connection within that we are actively rejecting capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. it goes against the status quo.

we are here to face our mortality and fucking dance. we get to live deeply and weep our tears and be informed about how to prepare for our own deaths.

i think you get the point. thank you for being here, and stay tuned for more.