UNDER THE SUN

The beautiful, breathtaking talent that is Andrew Scott reads for us ‘Everything is Going to be All Right’ by Derek Mahon. Andrew has asked to dedicate this to Men Against Cancer Ireland @/menagainstcancer Andrew we salute you! 🕺

It comes under the prescription for need for reassurance. Here’s how it reads as written in the book @/thepoetrypharmacy @/thepoetryremedy

There are moments in life when the banal suddenly, and quite without warning, becomes the transcendent. Perhaps a shaft of afternoon light paints a familiar view an unfamiliar gold; perhaps dust in a sunbeam or the dance of sparks above a fire transport you, for a long instant, to somewhere else altogether. The almost magical-seeming reflections of ripples on a ceiling are transfixing in just the same way.

In moments like these- awe-struck moments when the ferocious beauty of the everyday catches us unawares- we are often moved to a reassessment. One flash of sunlight can be all it takes to give us the sense of possibility that can change everything. As a great sufferer from depression myself, I find a small moment like this, a sudden splash of serenity and beauty, can provide the impetus needed to run my mood around. Not completely, perhaps, and not permanently- but sometimes a small push is all any of us is waiting for.

Derek Mahon’s poem ‘Everything is Going to be All Right’ describes wonderfully the feeling of that little push and reassessment. And there’s something hugely powerful, too, about its final line. When my children are suffering and I hold them in my arms, it seems to be the most natural mantra in the world: Everything will be all right. There’s a comfort to those words, whether or not they’ll prove to be true. OF course, some wounds don’t heal, and some wrongs go un-righted. But in the grander sense, in the everything sense, things to tend to be all right.

Too often, our pain is either in our heads or magnified beyond all proportion. If we can learn to manage it, if we can find that oasis of calm in the reflection of the waves, then we might find that out problems are not as all-consuming as we imagined.

Thank you thank you Andrew! 😘

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Andrew Scott reading Everything Is Going To Be Alright by Derek Mahon

From wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amatonormativity

Amatonormativity is a term coined by Arizona State University professor of philosophy Elizabeth Brake to capture societal assumptions about romance. Brake wanted a word to describe the pressure she received by many to prioritize marriage in her own life when she did not want to. The term doesn't necessarily only involve social pressures for marriage but general pressures involving romance.

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“I feel like a warrior all the time – like a total badass because being a human, and an emotional human, in this life is an extreme sport. I channel a lot of power through my performances, there lies a lot of power in being able to let go and scream, and being on stage allows me to do that. I also want people to feel powerful with me, that’s very important.“ - AURORA for Forte by Tammy Walters | 25.04.2019

“Just make sure we get enough food, and be a bit nice to the people around us. That’s all that’s necessary for us to do to call a day successful really. We should try to think like that every once in a while. We expect and demand so much of ourselves in today’s society. From such a young age. It’s a worrisome trend. But that’s how things turn out when our lives are observed from the outside by ourselves, our friends, our phones and the internet.

It’s a very strange world to live in.”

AURORA will be performing at Off Their Plate already this Saturday (May 9th)! 

Virtual Prom’s origins start from a group of high-schoolers in Boston who donated their prom money to support Off Their Plate. This prom celebrates them, and all the high schoolers who are helping support their communities during this time.

auroramusic:

Getting to know yourself is a very long and slow process.

But it’s a process worth going through.

These times may force some of us to begin the very long process of learning to love ourselves. Just the way we are.

I find it, that whenever I feel lonely, I try to start appreciating myself instead.

I try to treat myself.

Light some candles for myself.

I try to be kind to myself.

I dance a lot when I’m a lone cause it makes my whole heart and body happy. At least for a little moment.

And that is good enough.

For now.

I hope you all try to dance at least one time a day. Alone. In your room.

Try to look at yourself in the mirror and smile.