The Way Light Changes

("Incantations", 2014, original pen and ink and acrylic) The Way Light Changes There are times when the very fabric of reality changes; alters, loosens and expands, and for that matter times when it tightens and constricts. The former leads to bliss and joy, confidence and clarity, the latter to claustrophobic anxiety. The expansion though is worth focusing on as the ties that bind relax triggered by something as simple as a look or smile, a dose of some powerful entheogen, nature’s beauty or unexpected wonder, a series of musical notes unlocking the forgotten, the ethereal vibe of a New Age bookstore full of synchronistic possibility, a museum holding the secrets of the world and creative output of humanity, the sacred space of church and temple, archaic ruin old growth forest, open desert, mountain top centered on a solitary cushion…. Everywhere we turn we meet the opportunity to confront the numinous in both the obvious and sublime. Everywhere we go there is a window and door that hinges both ways. Even when life becomes familiar, stable and secure there is always a moment waiting to catch the eye, engage the heart, open the mind and bring us to a different light. (11/10/23)