Nox Amicus

This past Saturday morning brought the August New Moon – and the wheel turned to the point of my picking another area of focus. Last month was about Honor and it was interesting to see what shapes that took. For the most part, it seemed to be baring witness to events without interaction or interruption. Honoring the paths, cycles, and spirits while not imposing my view onto them. That was harder than I thought it might be – but letting go helped to let some magic in. Which brings us to this cycle.

Honoring the the paths of others last month brought me to focus on Collaboration this month. The two most recent acoustic gigs with the band – last month where I felt I let everyone down, and this month where I was exuberant when we finished. Those subtleties of harmony are a great metaphor – the more I force it, the worse it is – but by relaxing into it, by staying in the moment, by allowing for deviations from the norm, we leave open moments for beauty.

So I choose to look for opportunities to open the doors. The CD is in the final stages of production and I’ve chosen to call in collaborators and ask them for their talents rather than do things I’d simply be forcing. I’m also looking for ways to establish alliances and collaborations in work. My subconscious is also in the mix – with a very strange but empowering dream that coincided with the New Moon this weekend.

This concept of honoring the collaboration of others brings to mind a quote from André Gide: “What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself – and thus make yourself indispensable.”