Enjoying a relaxing three-day weekend at home. Doing a bit of puttering around the house, laundry and actually working on some music projects pending for three years... later, phone calls to Will and to Anthony on possible futures.
And this afternoon, out to the little shed to run through the set list. This year I've been really enjoying the sheer "getting-in-tuneness" with my body and my instrument, the physical joy of just playing. The tactile-ness. Touch. Somatic. It really is about quality of attention; quality is a specific word which has a specific meaning for me, which embodies something precious, like being fully-awake in this very moment. If I am awake to the music and play in the here and now, a certain quality is also present. Attention is the witness. Attention and quality are the twin flames of awakedness/awakening.
And this afternoon, out to the little shed to run through the set list. This year I've been really enjoying the sheer "getting-in-tuneness" with my body and my instrument, the physical joy of just playing. The tactile-ness. Touch. Somatic. It really is about quality of attention; quality is a specific word which has a specific meaning for me, which embodies something precious, like being fully-awake in this very moment. If I am awake to the music and play in the here and now, a certain quality is also present. Attention is the witness. Attention and quality are the twin flames of awakedness/awakening.