First… I do know that it’s not Wednesday or Sunday. Turns out, I have a few words which want hearing on this particular day, even if it is a Monday!
Perhaps, Earth Day is on your inner calendar.
Or, you and yours may be observing the first day of Passover.
Or, it might be the beginning of the week when Red Madonna actually begins! (Stay tuned!)
In many ways, it’s a prime example of what I mean when I talk about Filters!
You see, I grew up in an eco-centric summer camp program. Florida panthers screaming by the lake at dawn. Campfires. Peace & Justice songs. And a really cool perspective shifter that had to do with figuring out how a gopher tortoise and a turkey oak tree might be interdependent.
And, this is the first Passover since I discovered the name of my 71st Great Grandfather, Hezekiah, of the House of David. And his son, my 70th Great Grandfather, Hezekiah, Jr. And the straight line I can trace from them to me. And on to my girls.
And both of those ah-ha’s are all mixed up with Red Thread in my heart.
So, this day doesn’t feel like just another Monday!
Let’s just say that all of me feels in the game!
The re-shuffled paintings are claiming their new wall space and adjusting to their new Feng Shui roles. (Translation… Intention!)
And the stack of journal notebooks have started an uprising! You see, there is a new book hatching. All the pieces of the puzzle have found their voices at once! (Life is a mixed metaphor!)
Here’s the thing, though…
All the things happening in my creative being are happening because I made space for them. And the words and the art are becoming ancestors of new life that requires both of them in order to be.
James Weldon Johnson and Dr. Estes and my Jewish Great Grandmothers are laughing and crying over cups of soul tea.
Tea means it’s time for shortbread cookies!
So, Chag Sameach! and Happy Earth Day!
ps… nope! All this becoming is not neat and easy to manage. And that, dear Sister, is why there’s Red Madonna! We’ve saved you a space at the fireside of the Dangerous Old Woman. And there will be dancing! Don’t check this out for me. Check this out for you. And those who come after you.
