Sharing a conversation I had with Judith Shaw Who (Hopefully) Will be on the Fourth Launch of the Ninth Wave Collaboration. Picture is from a print of Her’s Pandora/Gaia: Bringer of Gifts which you can find along with many other amazing offerings on her website here: Judith Shaw Art.
Judith, I just read the email you sent and so sorry to not have replied to your email earlier! You know that is part of my belief and #theNinthWave – we do what we can, when we can .. no judgement. It sounds like you are a lot like me (and so many other thousands of women!) … often working jobs beneath our abilities and intellects for amounts that barely cover our bills! Passionate as all get out about what we do, but sometimes it takes us under (Life) … no worries, I wrote a post here about Finding Your Inner Dung Beetle – I have some Land 3 hours away and I went there by myself not too long ago, and had some beetles show up in my life which prompted me to write this post about the Dung Beetle. Do you have a card on them lol? I have it above my bed atm, watch the 30 second video on the post, it’s hilarious, the Dung Beetle pushing their humongous ball of shit, and it getting the best of them, rolling backwards onto them, they go flying off, arms up in the air.
Yup isn’t that life, sometimes the shit gets the best of us.
Anyhow will answer your questions below <3
Hi Caryn,
I took a few days off to celebrate my birthday which fell on the Summer Solstice this year (6/20). Anyway, I’m just now getting to looking over the above info on the other members of the Fourth Launch.
Couple of Questions:
You say to reach out but the only info is either one facebook page that isn’t very active or websites. Do I reach out through the contact forms on the websites that have one (one doesn’t)? Do they know I am part of the Fourth launch?
My suggestion would be to do a ‘reply all’ to the email I just sent and then when have time or think about it, sign up on websites for newsletters for those that have one. Fine for this to be a slow process as the Launches run for nine months.
I wonder if I really fit in with this group. I’m not a shaman or anything like that, which seems to be the focus of a lot of the offerings. My website is basically my art and doesn’t have much verbiage when you land there. My writings are in many places at the moment – FAR, Medium and Substack. I’m new to Substack and really loving it but still on a learning curve. I think it can become a central hub for my writing and painting though and maybe could transition into my link with DF.
Heck yes, you’re a fit!!! Another reason for the Ninth Wave is to help promote ALL the various ways we do Her work! and that most definitely includes your Oracle cards! You may not realize how many times I have taken inspiration from them! The divine feminine app ‘herstorically’ has been promoting Circles, events and resources. The Ninth Wave collaboration expands this to women writing juicy books about Her, organizations doing important work, oracle and tarot deck creators and more – all of the multiple ways we serve Her work in this world especially at this critical juncture in Our Story.
The main things that I think will go well on the DF app are the things I have in development right now. One is a course “Unleashing the Wisdom of the Goddess Within” that will be offered both fully self-paced and as a group with weekly Zoom check-ins. Another is an art workshop I’m calling “Flow Painting” which invites the participant to embrace a spontaneous, unplanned approach to painting—free from the pressure of outcomes. It’s a great way for folks with no art experience at all to experience the joy of painting and the deep connection to Source which painting provides.
These sound perfect!! and it is a perfect use of the Ninth Wave to help promote series offerings such as your Goddess course and other ongoing offerings.
Row, Womyn, Row.
Picture is from a race called Nā Wāhine O Ke Kai – or “Women of the Sea” – 41 miles across the Kaiwi Channel to O’ahu – 100’s of women come from around the world to participate.
