Journal

Duck Symbolism: You Watched It Not Care, and Something About That Got You

Artie Wu — Fifteen years guiding inner work, 100,000+ people The Short Answer You were watching a duck — on a pond, in a park, maybe just waddling across a...
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Dragonfly Symbolism: Gone Before You Could Decide What You Wanted From It

Artie Wu — Fifteen years guiding inner work, 100,000+ people The Short Answer You saw it for maybe three seconds, and then it was somewhere else entirely, and you were...
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Dove Symbolism: You Wanted It to Mean Something, and You Were Right to Want That

Artie Wu — Fifteen years guiding inner work, 100,000+ people The Short Answer You saw it, and something in you went quiet for a moment — a different kind of...
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Dolphin Symbolism: Joy You've Been Treating as a Luxury

Artie Wu — Fifteen years guiding inner work, 100,000+ people The Short Answer Something in you lifted when you saw it — or when you pictured it — and then,...
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Deer Symbolism: You Froze, and So Did It

Artie Wu — Fifteen years guiding inner work, 100,000+ people The Short Answer You were walking, or driving, or just existing — and then there was a deer, and for...
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Crow Symbolism: You Knew Something Before You Could Say What

Artie Wu — Fifteen years guiding inner work, 100,000+ people The Short Answer You saw it, and for a moment you were entirely still. Not frightened — something more specific...
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Cricket Symbolism: Something in You Has Been Waiting for Dark to Arrive

Artie Wu — Fifteen years guiding inner work, 100,000+ people The Short Answer You heard it before you saw it, which is how it almost always goes with a cricket....
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Crab Symbolism: Moving Sideways Was Never the Coward's Choice

Artie Wu — Fifteen years guiding inner work, 100,000+ people The Short Answer You looked at a crab and something in you did not move on. Not because it was...
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