Chaos
What am I Hearing?
“The Pocketbook Piece,” by Aviva Rahmani with Aviva Rahmani, Claudia Bader and Barbara Zakarian 1969 Photograph by Fred Lonidier Claus Von Wendel Studio, Del Mar, California
Chaos is terrifying but it’s also a source of fertility. I took a week off last week to think about the uncertainty that chaos creates and what it takes to live with that uncertainty. Two useful qualities I decided were essential, are humility and patience. Faith and trust help but are more sophisticated skills.
In 2023, we had a terrific winter storm on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, where I live. It was during an unusually high tide, called a King Tide a time when the sun, moon and Earth align…