Imagine, for a moment, that you have walked through a window in a giant hedge, down a path that surely must lead to a circle where faeries dance, or the fountain of youth, or a glade where the leaves rustle our messages meant only for you. You could go there, you know.
How does your imagination lead you into magic?
They don’t call the Grand Canyon grand for nothing. Simply to gaze across the massive chasm, carved out across the eons, is to remember that each of our lives is very small, each lifespan very short, each disappointment rather negligible in the grand scheme of things.
What helps you to gain perspective on your life?
A patchwork of fields or a patchwork quilt: either way smaller pieces, each with their own kind of beauty, come together to make something even more lovely. Sometimes, though, you need a little distance in time or space to be able to appreciate the pattern.
What parts of your life surprise you with the ways they connect?
The planets dance a spiral path around the sun as it races across universe. Our DNA codes who we are in its spiraled connection. So many spirals define us, including that reality that we keep circling around to the same life issues, even as we move forward into deeper understandings.
How do you see yourself on a spiral path?
The Jewish festival of Sukkot commemorates the 40 years that the Hebrew people spent wandering in the wilderness. But far from holding a mood of frustration or loss, Sukkot is a joyful celebration, a chance to eat and even sleep in a flimsy construction that lets you see the stars through your roof.
How do you find ways to celebrate when life feels unstable?
