Magic

[e_compass_rosa]

I've been feeling my LiveJournal world shrinking, as I seem to desire to share my thoughts (or at least some of my thoughts) with fewer people these days.  If I seem sparse, that may be the case.  On the other hand, the writing is my way out of many things, so it must happen, and in so doing I also feel the need to open myself up more than close

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[mobyjane]

I think I understand.

For me, the perception of "magic" is almost like another sense. And its keenness at any time is a reflection of my emotional health. When things are flat and surface-y, it usually means there's a problem. Depression kills the magic.

But when I'm in tune with my life, there's a sense of vibrancy, of possibility that makes even ordinary events seem meaningful. When I'm in that zone, I'm more creative, more open to forming new connections and to appreciating them. It's how I understand the word Hope.

[e_compass_rosa]

Yes -- perceiving it as another sense is definitely a big part of what I'm trying to articulate, that sense of being in tune with life, which does make it more possible to be open to new connections. But, then, I also consider the particular others that are part of the connection. Why and how any one particular person crossed my path at the moment that this kind of connection needed to happen. Some people appear and we connect them with them in a very practical, utilitarian way, that seems apart from the magical sense that I'm trying to express. These relationships may be no less important in our lives, but seem somehow different.

I don't know. I romanticize a lot, and am not doing a good job of articulating what I'm feeling.

[rran_almodovar]

I hear you. The truth is I can't call it magic; that is too, um, something for my perhaps overly "rational" self-image... But when we start talking about creativity (and joy, empathy and compassion), I really do think I understand your sense of this. Meeting a new, interesting, person or even engaging with them virtually or electronically, can spark this feeling for me and has a few times recently. To state the obvious, perhaps, this is true of almost any sort of change (something I am critical in myself for fighting against, often). Travel, a new job or living situation, even a new bit of technology or a new technique can inspire a person.

I hope I won't appear flippant when I make this analogy about the "right time" aspect of your theorem: isn't it a bit like the fact that one can look and look for one's "lost" set of keys and they always happen to be in the spot one looks "last"?

Anyway, here's to the magic of new friendships and the promise and possibilities of Springtime (though I, personally, am more typically

[e_compass_rosa]

The truth is that I have some trepidation in calling it 'magic', but I also don't have a better word. That one fits the way that I feel about certain events/happenings in my life. True, it may just be that I was open to a particular form of change at any given time, which then allowed for something to happen that might not have otherwise occurred.

But, also, the truth is that my life with 'magic' (or whatever you want to call it) is far richer (and at the same time more difficult and complex) than it was previously. Maybe it just has to do with being open-hearted, and that I am, now, most certainly for the first time in my life.

Spring ain't bad, but I am totally a Fall person myself.

[kdotdammit]

I don't know what it is but for me it's just an absolutely critical need for life to be more than the day-to-day stuff, of which there is NO FUCKING SHORTAGE. For me, it's art and writing and music and staying in touch EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE with creativity. Every single day of my life I do something creative. Magic? I guess you could call it that. Then again, I am also known to be a witch. Seriously.

[markmc03]

Synchronicity. Choosing from the space-time flow rather than playing a reactive game. Then again, the choosing may be nothing more than illusion, since all we have is the precise moment, now ... and how we feel in that moment is dictated entirely by our conditioning. I'm learning, ever so slowly, to reverse some of that old conditioning, and to accept and appreciate the ruts and grooves in my worn (somewhat) old soul. It is what it is. But I love magic too.