Right now it’s very easy to feel disconnected. Disconnection happens in subtle ways, whether that’s doing our own thing without checking in with our partner, letting too long go between phone calls back home.

It also happens in purposeful ways and can be positive, like when we no longer wish to be associated with a certain philosophy or worldview. It can happen when we leave a dysfunctional or toxic relationship. That’s healthy growth.

And disconnectedness is most definitely happening all over politics in the United States, where holding a different position becomes a moral judgment of your character. On both sides.

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We are in the season of ubuntu for Get Messy and it’s been a trick to wrap my brain around the word. It’s the concept of our deep humanity, the qualities of compassion and interconnectedness.

We are as a society in a period where loud voices are promoting fear and scarcity, which make our brains close down and send us towards tribalism and mistrust.

So this season comes at a perfect time, a chance to recalibrate and make deliberate observations about our connectedness and shared h umanity .

In the spirit of ubuntu I’d like to share some of my pages so far…

And a little video of flipping the page…

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The leaves have been so beautiful, they made a perfect backdrop.

Then we moved to a different color palette.

This spread is also a multi-page set up so I’d have room for some journaling.

I still want to go back in and add a paper doll figure to the purple page, but we’ll see if I make time to do that before I forget.

One last spread, done with an image transfer and some vinegar in my attitude.

As always, thanks for reading. If there’s something that resonated with you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments. Have a fabulous week!