
08/07/2023
We can give each other space to grow and fade in cycles. The moon pulls us toward understanding this. Since before humans existed, life on Earth has timed its rhythms to the constant mysterious stone in the sky. A sphere of brightly lit dust travels through patterns of stars our ancestors named for pieces of bodies, objects, animals, legendary heroes, and faded metaphors. The seasons of ancients were clocked by the way our moon was placed visually among the stars. It is in our DNA to feel moved by this huge satellite. From it we have learned that there is always at least one side hidden from view, that things change over time, and that though something as major as the moon may seem huge, may seem to change and move very fast, the reality is that it is small, unchanging, and slow compared to the real show: an endless plodding of tiny sparking stars behind it at incomprehensible sizes and distances. We are so small to be affected by such a miniscule part of the universe, and yet we have all the power and potential under it to affect each others' lives even more deeply than a cold and distant dustball could ever. Show your face and keep your secrets. Allow yourself an arc of growth and change. And keep the important stuff always in mind as the little things try to dominate your view.
Image: a nearly full moon from Monday, August 1, 2023, taken in St. Louis, MO on a cell phone.
🌕 🌚 I've never been able to get such a clear picture of the moon, and I'm happy I get to share it with you.