the moment is blue
Instructions for another year.
Dear sweet friend,
The other day I was looking through my purse (that’s what I call my phone actually I don’t but it does feel more chic so I will start doing it) and I found some instructions I wrote out for a pal on his birthday back in July. I had taken a photo of the typed out paper right before mailing it off. The photo was a bit blurry because I took it in night mode but didn't line the yellow and white crosshairs up and didn't bother taking it again with flash. The instructions were titled, "a score for another year."
My birthday is a few weeks away (Scorpio, Scorpio rising, Aries moon - EMOTIONS!), and revisiting these instructions got me wondering what another year looks like when floods are washing everything away and bombs continue to drop and the mountains I grew up under won't look the same after the sprawling wildfires. But I suppose it will be another year.
The instructions I wrote for my friend were intended for the summer months, but at this point we need any warmth we can get. Obviously not talking about the Big Warming but more like the deep warmth that only losing yourself while sinking your mouth into a ripe pear can conjure. You can follow these instructions during any season, as long as you're able to withstand the variability of water temperatures. Or I suppose you could do it in a bath or the pool at a Holiday Inn.
Download, screenshot, share with your coworker Rockets out back taking a smoke break. If you'd like me to send your own instructions in the mail, send a mailing address at scotty@matterlevel.com. It would be my delight!
For you: get lost to this album by man rei.
Love!
—scotty
Love the poem. I'd love to read it to my clients - I have a collection I pull from for our groundings at the beginning of sessions.