Commit to Song
A little artist's update; part of the Being With It series.
Forgive my radio silence for the past few weeks. We recently celebrated D’s (my daughter's) bat mitzvah, a portal-creation ritual which took significant energy expenditure, as all magic does! The last couple of weeks, I wanted to write about the necessity of fallow time, but instead I took it! (At some point, perhaps I’ll finish and post what I started writing.)
There is also another post in the works about an incredibly difficult experience I’ve been having with one of my work engagements. I find myself wanting to write about it, but it’s just too soon. A wise person once said to me, “teach from your scars, not from your wounds.” This still feels like a wound, so I’m going to give it more time to heal.
Last week, I did a bit of automatic writing, with the Wisdom School prompt, “God says:” Commit to Song.
Committing to song last week looked like:
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I promised D a long time ago that she could sing on my first album. This week, we made it happen. That, alongside with some light electronica dub-ins for a couple of tracks, marked the official end of the recording process! Now, on to editing.
Simultaneously, I’ll be working up the cover art. I’ve enjoyed getting back into my watercolors for that. It inspired me to photograph some of the things in my sketchbooks, some of which I want to repurpose into my website somehow. Here’s one that I gifted Amberly for Mother’s Day this year:
On a more normatively “song” note, I have been chanting in the mornings. It feels good to sing by myself for myself (and, always, the Divine).
What can you commit to?