Today I’ve been appreciating things. The sun was golden this evening and, at this time of year, the warm, humid air late in the day brings all the perfume out of the hedges. The air is heavy with the scents of honeysuckle, late meadowsweet, bracken and brambles. There are times when I really do feel this energy, and I feel thankful – to who or what I don’t know!
I have also been thinking about times in life when I have felt myself ‘riding a wave’. For a moment this evening it felt a little like it. I think great musicians and artists can capture and convey this, but I’m sure just about anybody, truly passionate about what they are doing, can also ‘ride a wave’. It’s those times in life, those times when everything appears to stack in your favour, that we can capture this feeling.
I think I have felt this most strongly with some friendships, when I first met my husband, art I have painted (not recently, I’m afraid!), maybe even one of the last projects I completed! But I’ve never quite ridden a monster wave like I imagine some musicians do. I grew up trying to learn instruments, and loving singing (I still do, though I know I’m no good at it!) but no matter how hard I tried, I knew I didn’t have ‘it’. That flow. You know when someone has it. It normally results in goosebumps.
I’ve written this whole post playing all the music from the original Fantasia (c1940) in my head.
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