So, if you have to identify yourself in a very clear way, what's your tribe? (Yusaku's example of his teacher's husband was clear: that man was self-identified as a member of the "Light Company Tribe.") In other words, what, to you, is your core identity? Who, really, are you?
For me, I have always felt like a creator, a member of the tribe of "Makers". I feel most comfortable with artists, musicians, actors, imagineers, seekers, and learners. I am always making something or writing something or planning something, almost involuntarily sometimes. This feels much more deeply "me" than being male, American, a friend, my age, a New Orleanian, a highly educated person, or any of my other affiliations. Teaching and directing and narrating are acts of creation so that fits. So does being a father (creating and nurturing life), as does being a life partner (creating and nurturing a relationship). So, the Creator tribe . . .
What's yours? Blog on!
