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Balance Isn’t Still

  • Writer: Matthew Kennedy
    Matthew Kennedy
  • Dec 26, 2025
  • 1 min read

Sometimes clarity arrives in motion, not symmetry.


Balance is often mistaken for stillness.

For a flat line. For a finished equation.

But balance is rarely quiet.


It flaps. It leans. It adjusts midair.


This raven isn’t hovering peacefully beside order. It’s interacting with it. Testing it. Responding to it.


The circle isn’t perfect. The segments aren’t equal. And yet—nothing is broken.

The geometry represents structure. Systems. Decisions we try to organize neatly.

The bird represents intuition. Instinct. The part of us that refuses to wait until everything is aligned.


When the two meet, something honest happens.

Balance becomes dynamic. Alive. Earned moment by moment instead of achieved once and kept forever.


Coloring this image isn’t about staying inside the lines. It’s about noticing how you move through them.


And maybe realizing that balance isn’t something you find.

It’s something you practice.



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