In the time of the longest day, the dark shadows of monsters recede. Enjoy the light!
Merry Summer Solstice!
Days recently started to get shorter again, but the difference is hard to perceive unless you know that we just celebrated Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year.
Sit back and enjoy your fragrant Summer Solstice!
Now, that I think of it, we never actually celebrated the longest day, the longest day being kind of annoying, so bright and hot. We celebrated the shortest night, when temperatures cooled down and sleeping was considered one of the very few pagan sins. And why go to bed if the Sun sets at Midnight and comes back up again at 4AM? For the rest of the year you can brag that you kept your lover awake for the whole night with your enticing sex tricks and don’t have to divulge the particulars that the night was only 4 hours short.
This year the fragrance of the Summer Solstice was overwhelming, even in Brooklyn. Smell of blooming linden trees and clover came through your senses and pores into your body, it pleased and teased you. It reminded you that it was good to be alive, it was good to still have those senses.
You lived through the pandemic. Summer Solstice is an invitation to breathe.
Happy Summer Solstice!
Celebrating Solstice in an urban environment is a bit of a challenge. First of all, with buildings so high one can barely see the sky and tracking the path of the Sun while walking on a sidewalk can cause one fall into a pothole.
Then there are all those distractions - deadlines, Facebook and people who want to get together.
And of course, the tragedies around the world that happen to other people caused by other people make one's sky gazing and Sun-tracking seem indulgent and selfish. Why instead one doesn't call her local politician demanding to improve the matters of the World?
But the Sun is a powerful magnet that makes seeds forget the forces of Gravity and pull away from Earth towards LIGHT to greet the Sun with blooming flowers. The thought of light wakes me before dawn, full of inspiration and hope.
Without light like without hope one cannot live.
If we all purge our inner demons with a beam of light maybe that alone can make the World a better place?
Lets celebrate the longest day!
Welcome, Light!
Happy Summer Solstice!
Happy Summer Solstice!
Summer Solstice is my favorite time of the year. You could dismissively say it is because on June 21st the Solar System reflects my bipolar state of mind, but I am OK with that. On June 21st the Solar System and me become one.
To celebrate this occasion, I made 5 Summer Solstice cards for you. Use them wisely and widely.
If you like what you see and want to see more, you can support my new animated feature film "My Love Affair With Marriage" here:
THANK YOU!!!