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“Aliveness is born from transforming through risks you respect.”
Wow I love this. My 2025 was the hardest year of my adult life, and I feel like I emerged with an orientation to aliveness. Not happiness, not success, but aliveness. I’ve never been able to articulate clearly what I’ve meant by that, and I’ll be quoting you often now!
Thank you so much for sharing @Masuma Ahuja ! I’m delighted to help you give words for your experience. I imagine you experienced many hard lessons in 2025… I do hope your 2026 has seen you getting to enjoy their rewards!
haha well, as terrified as it was, I was reminded that they are more terrified of us. I had just made a sudden movement and swung my backpack on without realising it was there. I must have done enough to scare it off! Crazy.
I'd love connect and make aliveness plans together!
So much of modern life is optimized to make it impossible to feel genuine fear or danger.
In Aesthetics, the “Sublime” consisted in encounters with nature that reminded us of its raw power but weren’t too overwhelming and dangerous to trigger panic. Existing in the presence of that power and feeling it — that was sublimity.
Oh I love this concept. Experiencing the raw power of nature is one I cherish, and often seek. I have observed how, thanks to being less overwhelmed by nature than many, that I get to enjoy that sublimity more often, or more intensely perhaps.
Came across this as a reference linked in Allison Stadd's recommended reads and I loved this, it really landed! Looking forward t reading more!
Thank you so much @Caroline Steranka . Delighted to be connected and so pleased it landed for you personally. I loved writing it :)
My pleasure reading!
I also write a bi weekly Substack focused on interiors, architecture, and thoughtful home and personal styling, with a mix of creative narratives, personal experiences, ideas, resources, and occasional interviews. If that sounds like your kind of read, feel free to subscribe. I’d love to have you there! You can join for free here: https://caroconcepts.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips
“Aliveness is born from transforming through risks you respect.”
Wow I love this. My 2025 was the hardest year of my adult life, and I feel like I emerged with an orientation to aliveness. Not happiness, not success, but aliveness. I’ve never been able to articulate clearly what I’ve meant by that, and I’ll be quoting you often now!
Thank you so much for sharing @Masuma Ahuja ! I’m delighted to help you give words for your experience. I imagine you experienced many hard lessons in 2025… I do hope your 2026 has seen you getting to enjoy their rewards!
Included this in this week’s digest ✨ https://allisonstadd.substack.com/p/the-offbeat-130-lead-sheet-a-digest
You’re the best!! Thank you so much ❤️
I want to know how the heck you got away from the black snake in strike position! 😳
Also love everything you shared here, risk in pursuit of something meaningful and aligned is very different and yes enlivening.
I’m so ready to feel alive again!
haha well, as terrified as it was, I was reminded that they are more terrified of us. I had just made a sudden movement and swung my backpack on without realising it was there. I must have done enough to scare it off! Crazy.
I'd love connect and make aliveness plans together!
So much of modern life is optimized to make it impossible to feel genuine fear or danger.
In Aesthetics, the “Sublime” consisted in encounters with nature that reminded us of its raw power but weren’t too overwhelming and dangerous to trigger panic. Existing in the presence of that power and feeling it — that was sublimity.
Oh I love this concept. Experiencing the raw power of nature is one I cherish, and often seek. I have observed how, thanks to being less overwhelmed by nature than many, that I get to enjoy that sublimity more often, or more intensely perhaps.