Sparks 2024
Silent walk -
Rest in the Song
Have you ever noticed that in every song, there are not just tones / notes, but also pauses between (called rests)? Music wouldn’t work without this and this space “in between”.
I would like you to experience the gifts of this silence in the song, the pauses, the rests. In order to do that, I invite you to go for a silent walk outside. Try not to rush, go perhaps in a slower pace, acknowledging that getting from A to B is not the point. Be mindful of your feelings, your body and notice your surroundings (remember you have more senses than just sight - feel free to use them!).
Use this opportunity to process whatever is happening in you, to pause, to rest, to emphasize what has happened and will happen.
If you would like to have a bit of guidance, feel free to listen to this short audio file which might help you to get started. You can download it as a .mp3 file to listen offline.
Inspiration
Remember Why You Came
song by Olivia Fern
Come, weavers of story, art and song Let us gather together for the time has come To weave a new vision For those yet to come For we are the ancestors of our great granddaughters and sons. Bring your voice, your hands, your heart or your drum Whatever it is that you make your art from For if we don’t we may well choke On all the words we never spoke and all the songs and poems we never wrote, and the fires within will let turn to smoke. For a vision, a dream, channeled through a brush stroke, a song or a scene Can be the spark that lights the dark we find ourselves in Art is and always has been a way for spirit to be seen. So come way-showers, weavers of spirit in form, let us gather together around this fire once more singing: What wants to come through you? Call it in, call it in Remember why you came! And Sing! even if your voice shakes Dance! until your heart breaks open Sing! Even if your voice shakes We have come to create beauty!
“I live my life in widening circles”
poem by Rainer Maria Rilke
I live my life in widening circles
that reach out across the world.
I may not complete this last one
but I will give myself to it.
I circle around God, around the primordial tower.
I’ve been circling for thousands of years and I still don’t know:
am I a falcon, a storm, or a great song?
(Big thanks goes to Jez Green for introducing me this poem)
Sparks 2023 conversation recording
What can feminine cycles teach us about life and hope today? – It is neither sustainable nor wise to expect linear growth and resist change. And yet we tend to feel we have failed if we are not able to sustain the same performance and energy levels at all times. Is there a way to work with the changing seasons and cycles to make our lives more whole? In this gender-inclusive reflective conversation, Eva’s husband, Erlin, will also share from his perspective.
We had a wonderful collaborative conversation about cycles with different lengths - life, year, moon, month, day... I’m sharing here an excerpt when me&Erlin are sharing about menstrual cycle (the only monolog we had).
