Months continue to slip by faster, measured in recurring bills as well as days risen and set.
Already October, autumn., the approaching of winter is imminent.
My terms are starting and so my fall college course that i am co-teaching with Walidah started this week, and I'm already beginning visits to elementary and middle schools. It rained on me in transit today as a reminder that winter is coming and while the temperature will go down, my workload will pick up with speed.
Luckily 200 5th-7th graders kept me company earlier today, when I performed for an assembly. That always cheers me up. Doing assemblies and performances with musicians are the two forms of my art that still produce stage nerves. I think that is why I like them so much, and get so anxious. Knowing I am responsible for keeping the attention of a room packed with people, forces you to bring it up a notch. I try to let my funny shine when I can and to better commit to being either silly or serious or whatever expression that fits. It is easy to script and decide, 'when i get to this part i will do this...' but it is far different to actually do it when their is a crowd watching. Being vulnerable and real and entertaining and deep and clear with your words... while simultaneously trying not to fidget or engage in randomly distracting behavior or say "umm" too much or forget where you are, or go over time... It is a lot to have to do at once and to do it best you really have to let go of self while also being your most actualized self. I really need to start recording it so that I can really pull them apart. While in the midst of performing the world is an ethereal place, it is recognizable and the basic physics apply, yet is uniquely its own time and space continuum.
The energy of young people will be my sunshine in the coming months. I pray the world won't dull their brightness, squash their dreams or otherwise discourage their potential. The children should not continue to inherit larger messes and greater debt. What would the world look like free?
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