Chinese New Year and the Year of the Snake arrive today.
Snakes. Snake medicine, snake mythology, culturally passionately polarizing.
Who really knows a snake?
Who really knows anything?
NOW, here in LA, we are in a collective dreamspace, in that we are all reverberating from the fire breathing dragon that wiped out our world, our lives, as we knew them. This creature, and its aftermath have been wielding its force even now, owning the room. Our work is to look the dragon in the eye and not create subplots that divert us away from focusing on beauty and moving forward and up.
To the Chinese, the snake is a creature that symbolizes calm, alertness, mystery and intelligence. He also represents the potential for self cultivation…shedding of our former skins and ushering in growth and change.
How perfect for this moment.
May we each greet every morning of this new year that has been given as a gift, throwing back the blinds with wonder and awe.
WHAT BEAUTIFUL THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY?
Happy New Year, all.
And ps….SNAKES lived among us rather intimately in India….here, my brother at 16 with one of his babies,