Yom Tov
In just a little bit Jews all over the world will take their last bite before starting a 24 hour fasting period. During this period god will open the book of life and so it will be written. Atone now, the street corner guy says with a megaphone. Or they blow a ram’s horn to signal the beginning of the high Holy Days.
Here at the LaLa, the common Jew will start her fasting when she lays her head down for sleep tonight. She’ll rise for a half day’s fast and a reflection over the past year and her inner health. She’ll jot down a few notes that when read at a later time will seem like they’ve been said a million times over in her mind, everything happens twice, once on the inside and once on the outside. For me, it happens over and over on the inside before it gives birth in the external.
October 1998 – “To know how to be centered and relaxed. To live comfortably and to be in nature more often.”
October 2003 – “The habit of art has become increasing more difficult with the workload I’m carrying at my company. How to find time to center myself for my own discovery and work?”
September 2009 – “My worst fear that my mother would get sick and start dying over a protracted period is in play.”
September 2010 – “Step outside my comfort zone. Be present.”