{"id":28375,"date":"2025-04-05T16:36:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/?p=28375"},"modified":"2025-08-30T22:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:55:50","slug":"i-met-my-body-then-i-lit-a-candle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/i-met-my-body-then-i-lit-a-candle\/","title":{"rendered":"I Met My Body. Then I Lit a Candle."},"content":{"rendered":"

Easter Saturday Edition (No. Not a Newsletter. Definitely Not a Backstory.)<\/em> \u2e3b I lost a few followers yesterday, so I thought I\u2019d better tread carefully today. No big statements. No psychic undressing. Just something light. Something gentle. Something like\u2026 a person emerging from five days in darkness, peeling off a blackout mask, whispering, \u201cthe light is\u2026 so\u2026 light.\u201d<\/em> Now – side note – I\u2019ve been quietly preoccupied with Sky Cave Retreats<\/a>. The idea of five days in darkness. No light, no phone, no escape. I follow them. I watch the videos. They\u2019re all variations on a theme: someone removes the blackout mask. They squint. They look away. They look again. Sometimes there are tears. Sometimes joy. A kind of return.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And every time I wonder: Can I go? Will I get a risotto? Does someone run the bath? Can you leave if you want to? And – what\u2019s the view?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Because they all seem to have had a profound experience. And I do wonder if it\u2019s the darkness – or if it\u2019s just an incredible view. Could I just go and see the view?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They say: \u201cI met my body for the first time.\u201d<\/em> And I believe them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But I still have questions. Like: what happens if you sneeze and knock your mask off? Is that failure? Is someone watching? Is it still sacred if you accidentally saw the hallway? But these are questions for another time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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