The Artiste and the Wishing Tree

The Vulnerable End... Isn't all end vulnerable? When a journey ends, the moment suddenly opens up a vulnerable space of possibility.  When a job ends, an unsure future hovers overhead. When life ends, the mind, body and ego suddenly bare the multiple insecurities that were bottled from an entire lifetime. All end is vulnerable but rarely acknowledged. More often than not, we live within the comforts of  conviction. Conviction is a safe house. It means that within the confines of conviction, we can believe what we want and live by those precise ideals. Outside the safe house, the world is a dangerous place - contradicting our beliefs, testing our faith, coming at us aggressively.  But what if I acknowledge this vulnerability rather than cover it up under the surety of conviction! What happens when the safe house is discarded - not by force but by choice? What possibilities emerge now? You may ask- WHY? What could be the point of such an exercise?   When we don't face ...