With Great Spirit, we bring you the 16th Steemit Vision Quest ( #svq ). With a new theme each week, we focus our intentions, unify our actions, share our findings, and celebrate the gems. In this way, we grow together.

The traditional Vision Quest is a dedicated search for inspiration. Here, we look inward, in order to assess the “higher self,” bringing this inner intelligence to the surface. For some, clarity comes in the form of a discovery–an image or an idea–that is meaningful. Next, we interpret our visions creatively, in a way that is sharable, so others may appreciate them. Ultimately, we inspire each other.

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Steemit Vision Quest - Week 16: May 14-20

The Theme

“Gathering” is the SVQ theme for Week 16. To enter the contest, you'll express yourself creatively with artwork that helps us to envision the theme: Gathering.

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The Invitation

1. Ask yourself: What Does My Higher Self See?
2. Create “The Vision,” aligning with this week's theme.
3. Document “The Process,” revealing your intention, inspiration, and individuality.
4. Include “Steemit Vision Quest” in your post title.
5. Choose #svq as your first tag.
6. Add a link to your post in the Reply section of this post.
7. [Optional] Upvote, Reply, and Resteem, as you feel called.

Notes:

• All art forms are OK, including fine art, written art, culinary art...
• Artworks may include new originals, old originals, or fresh remakes.
• Sunday is the due date for entries, with flexibility.

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The Incentives

1. At least $5 STEEM will reward the excellent entries each week. This reward is expected to climb over time.
2. Highlights from each week will spotlight one featured artist, and showcase the artworks of many others in a curated list, memorializing our collective visions.
3. Upvotes, Replies, and Resteems will promote your post.
4. [Most Important] You will be honored and appreciated for your role in bringing our collective visions into focus. This is our Work, with a capital "W", and this is what Steemit is all about.

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The Examples

Angels Among Us by @skycae

Night Flight - Visual Poetry by @cronosclocks

Sky Becomes Sea Becomes Sky by @fishyculture

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The Calling

Dear Dream Catcher, capture your paradise, bringing heaven here and now. Dear Trailblazer, pursue your purpose, taking the journey led by the heart. Dear Storyteller, create and express your new narrative. Dear Designer, bring your passions into new creations that go beyond function and stir the emotions. Dear Symphony Conductor, assemble your various instruments together to sing in harmony. Dear Player, elevate life with your lightness that lifts others up. Dear Artrepreneur, present your gifts that bring value into the world. Dear Altruist, demonstrate your care for the wellbeing of others.

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The Continuation

Steemit Vision Quest is stellar, with a blend of surreal, ultra-real, and superconscious visions. You can see this in the highlights from previous weeks: “The Seed,” “Star Medicine,” “Howllelujah,” “Eleven-Eleven,” “Twin Flame,” “The Road,” “Life After Life,” “Lucky,” “Queen of the Forest, “Desert Wilderness,” “Bliss In Stillness,” “Angels Among Us,” “Night Flight,” and “Sky Meets Sea.” We greatly look forward to new visions in Week 16, with the theme: “Gathering,” followed by Week 17, when the theme will be: “One Love.”

SVQ is created by @cabelindsay, and co-facilitated by @eaglespirit, @rensoul17, and @girlbeforemirror. On behalf of our team, we'd like to thank each of the participants and their supporters. We trust that when we write or draw, we actually think, feel, and materialize these thoughts and emotions. We trust that seeing is believing, and believing is achieving, and so we look forward to a brilliant and beautiful future.

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This post contains 100% original content by @cabelindsay.