What Lies Beneath {Aesthete Aperture}

Hey, Everyone! This is Susie deVille, Founder & CEO of the Innovation & Creativity Institute. In today’s episode of the Aesthete Aperture, we are going to Blue Valley, where the fall leaves are at their very peak. Soft breezes are gently releasing the leaves and watching them fall in a swirling dance is hypnotic. Any time of year is a good time to reevaluate what to keep and what to release, but there is something about fall that makes me get very clear on what I desire to stop doing.

Like the fabled Golden Buddha who was encased in concrete so that village pillagers would not steal the precious statue, we often hide beneath certain behaviors as a protection against vulnerability. Select one thing to work on between now and the end of the year. One thing. Determine the veil you are using to keep distance between you and true connection to the world. Maybe it is too much sugar, too little sleep, too much work, or not enough time in quiet so that you can actually hear yourself think. Let the defenses fall. What lies beneath is golden.