to Italy for love
a song, a wedding, and a leap
I am embarking on an adventure these next two months.
Bags are packed, apartment is sublet, responsibilities are shifted, some paused.
My itinerary awaits me as some kind of dance ~ potential partners on the path, time for indulgent solos, and space for improvisation.
»»» Love is the impetus, the driving force.
I will be celebrating the wedding of two people I love dearly, sinking into movement and dance communities that feed my body and spirit, and getting to know inherited and adopted lineages: Italian famiglia, nuns, and land-based spirituality.
All of this flight possible because of the grounded love and connection of my home place and beyond ~ Cleveland, family, community, and loves.
Starting my journey off in New York City, the self dissolves into the fabric of the world. My insignificance, a little place in the family of things: it is enough. Simultaneously, I let this all feel important, recognizing the risk and bravery of my choices, seeing clearly my growth and shifts.
Shoulder to shoulder with strangers, fellow humans, I take in the beauty of public transport and dense public space. Garbage, piss, beautiful people, skateboarders, lost souls included. What a treat! and quite a shift for the nervous system from the past few years.
I wonder, what happens when we lean into anonymity and insignificance when amidst a crowd? Of being a small piece of this big wide world?
A simultaneous de-centering and centering within.
I embark on my travels with acknowledgement and gratitude of the privileges and support that make it all possible.
I marinate in the feelings of leaving places and people I love while feeling more connected to them all.
I step forward with intention and openness to the unknown.
I intend to share regular dispatches from my travels ~ digital postcards. Writing and sharing as a means of weaving connection, inspiring each other, and shapeshifting.
If you would like to support my pilgrimage, consider contributing to my espresso fund. Any contribution is received with deep gratitude.
till soon!
ciao,
em