Bettina Pittaluga
“I feel connected through others, through words, vibrations, smells, gestures, a look, a voice, an action, a meeting. Connection for me is both sensory and a matter of values, representing our humanity in its entirety.” whole, both in discourse and in action.
In a beautifully ambivalent yet icy state, it takes very little to connect, and you must move mountains, persevere in reaching for the moon, to be seen and heard, to reconnect with others.
Amy Woodward
“I feel connected to others when we meet in a state of radical acceptance – where we all feel safe to be seen in our wholeness, without judgment and pretense, safe to sit in silence or be brought to tears . When we see ourselves reflected in each other despite great differences, and find uncanny similarities in our imperfect humanity. If we simply spend time together – honest, unhurried time – enough to find shared joy or pain. When we share food, music, stories and late night revelations. When we are skin-to-skin with our young, when we are skin-to-skin with our elders. When we accept that we are all connected in millions of mystical and mundane ways, when we let our vulnerability take the lead and follow our open-hearted actions and innate care for each other. ”
