Lately I’ve found some tranquility and solace in the work of Sophie Hutchings and her exquisite piano pieces, such as this one titled ‘Living Light’. It is lovely meditative music for before or after a meditation session. Returning to meditation has been one of the gifts I’ve given myself during this fall. It seems necessary when the season turns, and will hopefully guide me through the winter. When the world feels heavy, and the wind starts to chill, it’s time to take a little more self-care.
Searching the sky is a practice to induce peace, even when the sky is of turbulent nature, churning and swirling with storms like ocean swells in the air. What we seek is solace. Maybe the more violent the air, the less tumult we feel in our hearts. Or maybe we seek to match the somersaulting of the heart with a complementary tumbling of the sky. Everyone finds their own path to their own idea of calm.
It brings to mind a wickedly wonderful quote from Gregory Maguire: “When the times are a crucible, when the air is full of crisis, those who are the most themselves are the victims.“
Maybe that’s darker than this post was intended to be, but in darkness there may be serenity as well. Sometimes darkness carries a deeper beauty, running like an undercurrent beneath clear, still water. It’s a sort of beauty that can’t fully be seen, only felt.
