Immersiva's Gone to the Bunnies

I was really struck today by a simple truth: We are what we do over and over again. Habit and focus are such a major part of not only determining what we do, but also what we will do. The creative person, believing she is creative, creates and will create. The sad person, believing she is sad, is sad and will be sad. The wise person, believing she is wise, seeks wisdom and acts in answer to it. What we believe we can do is also shaped by the responses around us. The creative person, believing she is creative, creates and is insulted for it - and her belief that she can create falters. The sad person, believing she is sad, speaks about it to another and begins to believe she is not alone, and her grief thins. The wise person, believing she is wise, acts and gets an unforeseen result, and her faith in her judgement is undermined by experience. Habit is only part of it; the results we get - both reactions from others and what we perceive ourselves - also alters what we do over and over again. The problem is, this process is value neutral; we can attempt good things and get undermining reactions, attempt bad things and get reinforcing reactions.

I was struck by another truth as well: We seek what makes us comfortable. Comfortable is not necessarily positive or negative, it is simply used to. Used to begins at the whims of those around us; until we're in our teens, we are largely powerless to change the world around us in any meaningful way. What this means is that what we are comfortable with becomes overladen by the comfort of others and their wishes, wants, and fears. If they are comfortable with pain and abuse, so shall we be. If they are comfortable with beauty and pleasure, so shall we be. If they are comfortable with emptiness and distraction, so shall we be. We often recreate what is familiar even when it actively harms us; we can learn from others but it takes time, attention, and effort - and the responses are not always enjoyable. Something unbalanced can be rebalanced, though, even if it sets us temporarily spinning; we become what we do, and we do what we become, so comfort will grow with time. What is our prison, our cage of repetition, can also be transformed into a key to let us out.

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Credits: 

Skin: De la Soul, Aestali - Cream Rose
Eyes: De La Soul, RooMee Eyes - Rainbow
Eyelashes 1: SLink, Eyelashes
Eyelashes 2: Flugeln Brise, 05-A
Eyeshadow: cheLLe, Tropical
Eyeliner: Eternal Darkness, Harlequin Tears
Ears: Illusions, Seelie Ears
Lipstick: Adore & Abhor, Silent Star - Baroque Licorice
Mouth Key: Sanu, Pip's Quest Key
Back Key: Dilly Dolls, Interactive Jeweled Heart
Hair: Wasabi Pills, Joy (promotional item)
Wings: Fancy Fairy, Azarelle
Hands: SLink, Mesh Hands
Jewelry: Primalot, Copious
Dress: Dilly Dolls, Emilie
Boots: Dilly Dolls, Oxy Boots (promotional item)

Poses: Magnifique

Location: Immersiva
Light Settings: Paulina, Dark Blue

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping, only