Good morning from Punta del Este. I’m still in Uruguay and I have to say I’m really feeling it here. There’s something in the air that is inspiring me, intriguing me, nourishing me, and I’m really enjoying it. Today is Wednesday and, as you may or may not know, Wednesdays we ask questions.Today’s question is inspired by a little snippet of a poem by D. H. Lawrence. It says Who is that knocking at my door? Who is that knocking at my door? To someone to do me harm? No, it is the three strange angels. Admit them, admit them, admit them.

Today’s question is about vulnerability and that’s not vulnerability in the sense of how you feel with other people when we are maybe overwhelmed, or as David Whyte the poet philosopher says bullied by life circumstances. It’s do you allow yourself to feel vulnerable when you’re alone, when you’re safe? Vulnerability in the sense of being open to the world in ways that feel a little frightening to begin with.

So the question is this. What does a creative vulnerability look and feel like to you right now? It’s almost like saying what is that creative endeavor that event or that possibility that both intrigues you and frightens you a little bit? Another way to say that might be what do you secretly want to move towards? What is it that’s trying to speak to you that you’re trying to ignore?

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