Artist Letter No. 10
Under a Blue Moon
On rare alignments, unlikely conversations, and what calls us forward
Hi there,
This weekend, under a rare blue moon, I found myself in the most unlikely place for a night of deep connection:
a modelers' conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
Every year my husband attends this event, gathering hundreds of people from all over the country (and the world!) who build replicas and worlds in miniature. There's always a sense of community, full of noisy, warm connections and camaraderie.
On the surface, it's not where you'd expect to talk about meditation, monasteries, or the quiet work of tending to the heart.
And yet... that's exactly what happened.
At a dinner, I sat next to someone I'd met briefly last year.
When I shared about a project close to my heart - one that weaves meditation, embodiment, and inner listening - something registered with him.
He told me he'd started meditating.
We talked about the practice and the time I spent in monasteries. About the strange relief of being in spaces where silence is normal. About the kind of inner work that doesn't always have words, but changes you anyway.
There was this instant recognition: Oh. You know this world too.
Sitting next to him, in this context, in this crowd - I never would have guessed.
But underneath the models, the technical talk, there it was: a shared commitment to meeting life from a deeper place.
Later that night, it happened again - another conversation about meditation, stillness, and the hunger for quiet in a noisy world.
At one point, this person said: "This is the third time meditation has come up recently. I think I need to start paying attention."
All of this was happening while a blue moon hung in the sky.
A blue moon - two full moons in one month - only happens every couple of years. This one was said to be about harmony, humanity, and deep truth.
I don't pretend to know exactly how all of that works.
But I do know how it felt:
Like the universe was quietly orchestrating conversations that perhaps needed to happen.
Like the right people were finding me in the most unexpected rooms.
And I left the night with this sense of alignment:
Keep going. This is needed. Everywhere.
If you're reading this, I wonder where this blue-moon energy might be moving in your life.
Maybe you've had the same theme arise multiple times in different conversations.
Maybe certain words - rest, body, listening, enough - keep circling back.
You don't have to know what to do with it yet.
You only have to notice that something is trying to reach you - even in the noisiest rooms.
With love,
Kristen
The Dance Alchemist