“In the context of such enormous structural violence, how was it possible to imagine that a beautiful life is possible? Even more unthinkable was the idea that one might create it, not in the future, but now.”
— Saidiya Hartman
Dear Worldbuilder,
My intention inside this episode is to remind you of that big, juicy, audacious creative vision that is all your own. That desire commensurate with the expanse of your power. That idea, project or offer that only feels intimidating because it is a threat to colonial order and the colonized part of us might be afraid of it. As it should be, but let’s rest in the fact that this is natural and impermanent. Just like fear is an indication of desire, so is the avoidance of our own audacity. Avoidance is different than procrastination. We procrastinate on certain tasks, because the stakes are usually low. We avoid our audacity, because the stakes are higher than they’ve ever been. Sometimes we avoid answering the call of our audacious desire because we know it will demand the sort of transformation that changes everything and perhaps that is entirely the point.
Upcoming Erotic Engineering Workshop: Create Your Own 28 Day Desire Embodiment Challenge
I have a workshop invitation for you, but first I have a question:
What are the creative ideas, projects, offers, businesses, etc. that you’ve been putting on hold by assigning yourself busy work because it’s erotic charge feels too intimidating to be safe, too delicious to trust with your full faith, valuable time and sacred energy?
Let’s greet the eroticism of the work you know is yours to do by creating your own 28 day challenge for experimenting inside your Zone of Desire and answering the call of your Element X — that erotic charge that informs what can and does happen in your story. Inside the upcoming workshop in The Laboratory of Erotic Engineering you will learn how to use the span of time between new moons to take action on an erotic idea, writing project, income generating offer or creative endeavor I haven’t yet named but you are longing to realize.
Does this sound right on time? If so, here are the workshop details:
What: The workshop is titled, “Create Your Own 28 Day Desire Embodiment Challenge ” where we will challenge eachother to answer the call of our audacious idea, project or offer — not in the future, but now.
When: Thursday, September 4th at noon EST. Enroll by September 3rd to receive the Zoom link to join us!
Where: This workshop is happening inside the Laboratory of Erotic Engineering where you will create your personal 28 day challenge for embodying your desire then get an invite to join us in Open Studio to give us updates on your creative actualization process and progress. Inside the workshop happening on September 4th and the follow up open studio happening on September 18th we will gently hold you accountable to practicing inside your desire to cultivate a felt sense of trust and safety inside your self and the resources you already have access to.
If you want to learn more about the Laboratory of Erotic Engineering before enrolling drop your email into the form on the landing page linked below to get the discovery workshop replay, Element X Quadrant Worksheet and Erotic Engineering Syllabus.
If you already attended the Discovery Workshop then you can enroll directly on that same page. Membership inside the Laboratory is billed monthly since our programming of erotic engineering support is monthly but you can cancel at any time in your account settings. If you just want to join us this September for the 28 Day Desire Embodiment Challenge that is completely fine. We’d be honored to practice with you for as long as it feels desirable and accessible.
I’ve already started chatting with some of the folks inside the Laboratory via voice notes in Discord and I can’t wait to start worldbuilding with y’all. I hope you’ll join me and other erotic engineers inside The Lab this September.
So be it, see to it, breathe through it,
Ayana
P.S. Feel free to share this flyer with a friend and embark on a 28 Day Desire Embodiment Challenge together!
