quickening

February 2023

Quickening (noun): the first motion of a fetus in the uterus felt by the mother usually somewhat before the middle of the period of gestation

If you look the word quickening up in the dictionary, you’d expect quickening to be an experience limited to people with uteruses of childbearing age: a sensation that happens when the fetus’ movements are felt by the mother. The patriarchy has caused human’s veiw of fertility and fecundity to be so limited. While the birth of a child is a miraculous occasion worthy of celebration, we are contain multitudes. We conceive of, gestate and birth so many beautiful creations into the world, and they are worthy of attention and nourishment, just as our human children are. Fertility is not limited to the ability to conceive and gestate a child. Humans are capable of so much more than procreation, our creative selves are birthing new babies all the time.

Artists of all sorts have invoked the word quickening to part of their creative experience for generations. There is a particular feeling or sensation that occurs when the very beginnings of an idea takes shape. Often the flutterings, as delicate as a butterflies’ wings, are so soft and whispery that they can get lost in the cacophony of the rest of our lives. When we get quiet, though, we can feel the quickening and create a nurturing, nourishing space for the idea to unfold.

I think February is a month of quickening. While we’re still in the depths of winter, the light has begun to return. There are fewer cold days ahead of us than there are behind us. The earth is beginning to plot her return to life. And yet, it is still quiet and still enough that we can listen for the murmurs and sense the tremors of new creations, new life beginning.

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“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”
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