Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Chelan Harkin: What Is a Self?

I so love and appreciate the beauty, wisdom, grace, and fierce love that Chelan Harkin and her work embodies. Such a deep gift. And we truly are all connected, all interrelated, all family. Blessed be. 🙏💜 Molly

“What is a self?”
Asked the tree
That was always
Sharing sustenance to and from
A deep community
Of roots.

“What is an individual?”
Asked the log
Happily decomposing
Into nutrients
To sustain the rest.
“What is identity?”
Asked the leaves,
Once part of the grand,
Noble oak
Now just as content
To flutter down and feed
The forest floor.
“What is separation?”
Asked the ecosystem.
“No part of us even exists
Without each other.”
“What is ambition?”
Asked the flower,
“If not opening my all
To light
To serve the flourishing
Of the whole?”

— Chelan Harkin

Image: Ruth Evans Art
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