Hi you.
Lately I’ve felt myself contract inward, like a tide going in, wind moving from one side of the house to the other.
I promised you that I’ll talk only when I have something to say.
Lately, there’s a lot to listen to. Isn’t there?
But I wanted to share a few thoughts for you that show a bit of where my mind and heart are at these days, and maybe get some conversations started about them with you in our discord group -
I experienced bioluminescence for the first time last week. The conditions for it were perfect - new moon, cloudy sky, black lagoon. Looking into the dark waters I saw countless sparks made by little creatures darting in all directions - all the life in that lagoon that would normally be invisible to us. Swimming was so magical - electric blue ripples and streaks like feathers - that my friends and I started chirping, laughing, splashing.
Gabor and Daniel Maté’s The Myth of Normal has already been thought-provoking even though I’m just past the intro:
“In a laboratory, a culture is a biochemical broth custom-made to promote the development of this or that organism. Assuming the microbes in question start out with a clean bill of health and genetic fitness, a suitable and well-maintained culture should allow for their happy, healthy growth and proliferation. If the same organisms begin showing pathologies at unprecedented rates, or fail to thrive, it’s either because the culture has become contaminated or because it was the wrong mixture in the first place. Whichever the case, we could rightly call this a toxic culture - unsuitable for the creatures it is meant to support. Or worse: dangerous to their existence.”
Go get yourself a giant glass of water, or better yet, piping hot tea, right now, and drink it, even if you don’t feel like it. I’m on the mend after a week with the worst stomach bug (they think it was from drinking unclean water or eating something prepared with unclean water), that landed me in an emergency clinic with an IV hookup for three hours because I got so dehydrated. I like to be on top of it, sharp, and when answering the doctor’s questions I started crying. This is the most sick I’ve ever been. I’m on the mend but I still feel so permeable, sensitive. Drink water - clean water - for me (but really for you) today please.
One of my superpowers is connecting great people, all of you, and I’ve set up this discord group for that for when I’m not in the same city as you. Join / pop in and let us know what your word for 2024 is? What do you want the rest of this year to be about?
Or, is there something, a thought, an idea, a question that you would you like to run past 60 kind strangers? Put it in there.
I’ll share another essay and some exciting things soon, promise, but consider this a warm smile and some blue sparks your way in the meantime.
Love,
Jenna
A liter of pure NYC water being lifted along with “Cheers, and may you be totally healed vvv soon!” ✨💛✨