ACTionism - (Ak-shun-iz-um)
WE act towards something. Sometimes with purpose, at other times accepting uncertainty.
Like stones skipping on a pond, we break the tension with creativity and joy. Questioning, re-imagining and getting lost in the possibilities, until the stories we’ve told ourselves no longer hold our weight. We sink. Drifting through the unknown to the depths, to settle amongst the shit.
Resting and letting go, as we grieve the collapse of our beliefs. Squinting through the murkiness in search of a new story. Replenishing, so we can skip again.
ACTionism is about the power of all of us acting towards something, whilst leaving no-one behind.
Some stand on the shore skimming the stones, helping citizens start a journey and carving open space. Communities skip across the tension colliding and feeding off of each others energy with joy. Others search for the deepest part of the pond to face into hard work.
All of this is done with an acceptance that each of our states is important, and valuable. We will need to skim, skip, and sink many times. Until the ACTing causes the tension of our collective stories to collapse.
Our collective actions are beginning to pierce through, underneath the tension something lurks. We can't and shouldn't try to know what that something is, we just need to give it space to rise.
Right now, I can feel the ripples of many citizens. Like, truly feel it.
Come and reimagine, create and build with our community.
There's plenty of work for us all to do.
