Three, An Audio Collage + The Sound of Yellow
“It is this we must learn: not once, but again and again…” —Bruno Barnhart
This week’s audio is a collage: my words, words from Tracy Cochran that I’ve adapted into the first person, and Bruno Barnhart’s words from Second Simplicity.
Remember yourself, dearheart.
Love,
Kirsten
Here I am. I am here.
In this moment, I stand on nameable thresholds.
In this moment, I hover on thresholds I sense but cannot begin to find words for.
In this moment, I float within transparent thresholds. My nervous system is not quite ready to bear them.
Life is always in movement and always uncertain. Yet deeper truths are revealed when I need them; doors open from the inside.
I make myself available to life, opening my heart...knowing I will blunder and get it wrong, but sometimes right.*
A felt sense of ease is my stalwart guide.
Watch: The Sound of Yellow
Lee Van Laer & Elan on DeHartmann and Kandinsky
Here’s the entire 32-minute video on YouTube, “De Hartmann and Kandinsky.”
Listen: Yellow
Audrey Assad’s Coldplay cover of “Yellow” on YouTube
Resources:
*Italicized lines are not my own. I adapted them into the first person from Tracy Cochran’s article about finding light in the darkest of times, “In the Midst of Winter, an Invincible Summer,” Parabola (Spring 2017). You can read it on this blog.
You’ll find “Three” in Second Simplicity by Bruno Barhart (there’s one used copy at Thriftbooks). Bruno includes two Wallace Stevens poems in his meditation: “A Well Dressed Man With a Beard” and “Of Bright and Blue Birds.”
My name is Kirsten. In spiritual direction, I accompany folks as they attune to the inner dimensions of life. This way of being together is grounding and spacious. Together, we anchor into presence and a familiar flow of relating. To read more and book a free exploratory session, click the button below.
