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In moments when we are asked to greet our fear, to travel where the wild things are, emotions that arise provide a map. This map is a portal into greater awareness; awareness of our resistance to the unknown, and where this resistance is located. Stagnancy, ease, confusion, overwhelm // quick sand, highways, dead ends and drop-offs. In times of uncertainty and collective chaos, may we dust off our inner compass and be courageous enough to enter the dark forest instead of lingering on the perimeter. Before beginning my own process of mapping my relationship to fear, I offhandedly pulled “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak from my bookshelf and decided to cut some images out. A story about befriending the monsters from a far away land, or as the ending suggests, the monsters in our imagination, I felt the lessons of this book suddenly became really relevant to the state of the world right now. Using images from this story, as well as mandalas, spiritual figures and poetry, I intend to offer my own beginnings of a map; one which uses art to explore the terrain of fear and the unknown, and which hopefully helps me to befriend what I most resist. (Click images to expand)