Sunday 4PM WALKING
Hey Hartlist,
First things first: "The Chrysalis" returns on Sunday 4pm with #29: WALKING. AND there is a good chance there will be ANOTHER LIVE LIVE SHOW w/the band that day, details forthcoming when I hear back from my cousin's restaurant finalize plans.
There's an island (or really a cluster of islands)halfway between Norway and the North Pole where no one's allowed to die. They don't have the resources to bury people, or to support the aged or infirm, so once you get near that point, back to the mainland you go. Also, no one is allowed to give birth; women three weeks away from their due date have to go back to have their babies, then return if they wish. No beginnings, no endings, just the stuff in the middle. You may know this already; I didn't- I love researching a new writing project. And it was either that or watch the election returns.
I thought a lot about waiting for the results to come in before I wrote to you, or even planned Sunday's theme. I thought it would be better to "know something definite", or know "where we stand". I thought if I didn't wait maybe I'd end up feeling silly later, "too" dark or "too" light or not enough of something.
And then I thought about the last show, "Between the Worlds". I thought about Hallow's Eve and how in my tradition it's a time for clearing out the past, and even looking to the future... but not yet creating - or even asking for - something. We don't skip this part, this time of not knowing. We acknowledge the fact that there's never really any time where we are at all certain of everything. We control our lives to a point, and then there's the unknown. No matter what. Every answer brings with it a host of questions. We are always in motion, even when sitting still; we're still breathing, our blood is still circulating, we're still (sorry) ageing. (Yes I did teach yoga this week, why?)
Anyway, the fact about the Svalbard archipelago (above)may or may not turn out to really be resonant with what Im trying to say, welcome to my process and I'm feeling a little shell shocked in general. At moments like this all I know how to do is keep walking.
See you Sunday,
RH