Explore emotions
Twelve feelings to start with, and room for every one we haven't named. This list is a starting point for conversation, not a scientific classification.
12 feelings
Love
The pull toward someone or something you want to protect, be near, and see thrive.
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A lift that arrives on its own: lightness, laughter, the wish to share what is good.
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Stillness without absence. Nothing needs to be fixed in this moment.
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Leaning toward a future you cannot see yet, and choosing to keep looking.
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Missing what is far away, gone, or not yet here. Love stretched across distance.
0 artworksGratitude
Noticing what was given to you, and feeling the giver in it.
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The body bracing for what might happen. Sometimes protection, sometimes a cage.
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Heat that rises when something feels wrong or a line has been crossed.
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The weight of loss or disappointment. It slows us down so we can feel what mattered.
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Meeting something larger or stranger than expected, and staying open to it.
0 artworksBelonging
Being received as you are, by people, a place, or a shared story.
0 artworksFreedom
Room to move, choose, and become. Often felt most sharply after its absence.
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