Author: clfuu

The sun, the source of life, the vast fusion reactor our planet orbits through the sky, appears to us as a shining jewel that could be clasped between two fingers, a vastness held in our hand.

What small image connects you to something vast?

May Day is a celebration of spring and fertility, the pagan holiday of Beltane. It is also a day for promoting workers’ rights. It’s also a desperate cry for help, the signal you send out when the ship is going down. Creative beauty, work and pain, all of life wrapped up together in the celebration of a day.

Which aspect of May Day feels most relevant in your life today?

You might think of a bridge as a road or walkway over the top of a river, that allows you to get safely from one side to the other. But for a fish, a bridge is an awning, a means of providing shade as you loiter comfortably in the water.

What will you look at today from someone else’s perspective?

Face it, in spite of your best efforts some days are going to be bad hair days, when things just go awry. Some days not only are you not going to be the graceful swan, you won’t even make it to a respectable version of a goose. Some days are like that.

What helps you feel better on the bad hair days, when things go wrong?

“When you throw everything up in the air anything becomes possible.”
―Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

What have you chosen to throw up in the air in order to create possibilities?