An incredible connection is found in the act of creating harmony. Singers need to be listening to one another and balancing their voices with one another. For many, the loss of this regular practice has been a difficult spot in this year of pandemic and isolation. And yet, there are still ways we can seek the balance of harmony even while remaining safe.
When have you created connection by balancing your voice with another’s?
An incredible connection is found in the act of creating harmony. Singers need to be listening to one another and balancing their voices with one another. For many, the loss of this regular practice has been a difficult spot in this year of pandemic and isolation. And yet, there are still ways we can seek the balance of harmony even while remaining safe.
When have you created connection by balancing your voice with another’s?
If you’re a cook (or a fan of TV cooking shows), you understand the pursuit of “balanced flavor.” Sometimes a little bit of sourness adds the right amount of acidity to a dish to make it delicious. Sometimes, it’s the harshness of salt that brings out the flavors. Maybe our lives are like a well-seasoned dish and require some of this in order to be complete.
How does the harshness of the world help balance your life?
Sometimes, balance is ridiculous. We go to absurd lengths to make sure things are balanced, when they really should not be. Sometimes, we need to take the potato off of the spoon and let things fall to the table.
What balance do you need to let go of because the pursuit of it is simply ridiculous?
In Chinese philosophy dating back to the I Ching of 700 BCE, Yin and Yang are opposite and complementary energies. They are fundamentally balanced with one another, and interdependent. One cannot exist without the other, and nothing can be purely one or the other; together they create a whole.
What are complementary and interdependent things in your life that bring you wholeness?
