Eric&Meyer

Julie (JC) Peters on the “Never Not Broken” goddess:

“Ishvari” in Sanskrit means “goddess” or “female power,” and the “Akhilanda” means essentially “never not broken.” In other words, The Always Broken Goddess. Sanskrit is a tricky and amazing language, and I love that the double negative here means that she is broken right down to her name.

But this isn’t the kind of broken that indicates weakness and terror.

It’s the kind of broken that tears apart all the stuff that gets us stuck in toxic routines, repeating the same relationships and habits over and over, rather than diving into the scary process of trying something new and unfathomable.

This is exactly what my tagline and manifesto are about. To see the world from the broken perspective, where anything is possible. It’s a polar opposite to the guilt-ridden “fallen from perfection” brokenness taught in Christian circles. This isn’t a fall from perfection, it’s a rejection of the entire notion that perfection is an option, let alone a desirable one.

(via Julie Rada)