Nox Amicus

I’m a few days late on this one, the new moon was actually Monday afternoon at 4:04pm. It’s funny too – last week while I was away I was convinced I knew what this cycle was going to be. But as it happens so many times, the universe had other ideas.

Last month the topic was Respect. Respecting one another, our choices, our paths, and what we desire and need from each other. This give-and-take of accepting and testing boundaries has a musical component. When you’re playing with other musicians you develop a sense of where someone will want to go, and you learn how to follow them. This is also reciprocated – they sense where you are, where the energy is taking your spirit, and they either join you in flight or keep track of the ground and let you soar. I’ve been finding great joy in this symbiotic nature of music lately.

So for this cycle, rather than go where I thought to go, I’m making a choice to go where I feel to go – and that means this cycle is about Collaboration. For someone who treasures quiet time alone, I’ve come to relish some of the times I get to collaborate with people. Sure, there’s the band and musical endeavors, but what struck me about this last trip to Denver was the different souls I get to collaborate with at work. I was discussing a possible workshop with one friend/co-worker and we were strategizing who would attend if only one of us could, and I said what was in my heart – “we are a two-headed monster” – we were stronger in that setting together. I also got to have lunch with a community of co-worker/friends – four of us talking a bit of work, but then trading favorite books we were reading. This blending of personal and professional – of spirits and tasks – makes for stronger connections and better collaborations. To be free to be joyful, or not – invites others to do the same and builds a space everyone can share equally.

Regardless of the size or context of our communities, where there is success, there is collaboration – and in this cycle, I want to do my best to recognize it and celebrate it – whether I am involved or am just blessed to bear witness to it.