<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Flying Away on The Art of Cult Recovery</title><link>https://theartofcultrecovery.nz/tags/flying-away/</link><description>Recent content in Flying Away on The Art of Cult Recovery</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-NZ</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://theartofcultrecovery.nz/tags/flying-away/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Observing the White Bird FLYING</title><link>https://theartofcultrecovery.nz/posts/2026/september/16/observing-the-white-bird-flying/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://theartofcultrecovery.nz/posts/2026/september/16/observing-the-white-bird-flying/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I consider myself to be both the white bird and the observer in this painting,&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;trapped for 43 years before I was able to fly away.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Recovering Artist.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Flapping of Wings</title><link>https://theartofcultrecovery.nz/posts/2026/september/16/the-flapping-of-wings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://theartofcultrecovery.nz/posts/2026/september/16/the-flapping-of-wings/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;This painting I have titled “The Flapping of Wings”.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;It illustrates the thrill of my feeling of self determination and freedom as I watch the birds and ducks fly off into the sunlit sky.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;My wish is that if others looking at this illustration of freedom are also trapped in a similar controlled situation as I was, that they may be able to experience this thrill of choosing to let themselves loose to fly free also. The motivation for this choice comes from within us.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>