Moving On

Pegasus watercolor (11x14) by NW

Moving on, or I could say, moving right along. Same difference. Point being that of movement, staying in the flow. To that end, I am beginning a new show on blog talk radio this Tuesday, October 18, and will no longer host a show called Art and Ascension. The farewell show will air at the usual time, 5pm EST, for half an hour. Then at 5:30 EST I’m switching over to my new channel, Dancing in the Shift, with my new host name – NancyGo.

For quite some time I have been mulling over changing direction, but it wasn’t until I became catalyzed by the Occupy Wall Street movement that I saw what I wanted to do with the radio show. The reason is partly because I live in New York City so the movement is very much on my doorstep, and also because I live in Brooklyn, not very far from the Brooklyn Bridge, and only a short walk from the first Occupy Brooklyn rally yesterday. Yesterday I was local when the movement went global. What a feeling!

At the time of last week’s show, Episode One, I thought I would be continuing with Episode Two, etc, relating my personal story of art and ‘ascension.’ But at the moment, last week seems like a long time ago, and my story feels more historical than current. Not that it still isn’t important and valid, at least to me, and the writing it down is such a necessary part of processing one’s experience. So I will be continuing to write about the past, my personal past, and the journey through art and dealing with fears, aka the Dweller on the Threshold.

But that material feels heavy to me. The ‘occupiers’ have taught me some new tricks, namely, that the point is to have fun. To enjoy ourselves. When the police are penning us in to smaller and smaller spaces, the ones in the know – start playing music. They dance. They twinkle their fingers. (If you don’t know what twinkling means, click HERE.)

These young people have inspired me, as they are now inspiring hundreds of thousands of others. I remember the flower children of the 60s, and I remember my feeling of hopelessness by the mid-70s, and how I felt it was all up for us, and the hope that I would have a daughter one day, so that she could do what I was not able to. Well, it seems the sons and daughters are having their say and their day and without the baggage we carried with us, those of us born mid-century or shortly after.

The show goes on, the beat goes on, and only the names and faces change, or the titles. My new show is listed under the category of Current Events instead of Art or Spirituality or Writers, because everything now feels Current. Everything now feels Spiritual. And for an artist, all is art. For a writer, all is material. I no longer need to say it.

I look forward to being with you on this new journey ~