‘But I was always in there. Held in. Held in and held in, swaying and swinging, held in, held in, till there was a creak and I was out and away’    (A cat’s thoughts and feelings about being caged in a basket during a house move from Michael Rosen’s story Moving)

This second kitten drawing is the result of a visualization exercise relevant to creativity and releasing blocks. During this particular visualization today the kitten appeared in the form of a door and as I meditated I re-realised experientially that all our inner doors and walls are fear constructs born during fearful and traumatic events or disappointments. Unprocessed and unchecked traumas and other upsetting events and incidents can become inner doors or walls because they can potentially reinforce childhood or earlier conditioning and traumas. Unprocessed emotions and messages from others can mutate into internal, under our conscious awareness, barriers. That is why it is so important to remain mindfully with our experience and distress in the moment instead of stuffing things down.