TENSION

End of one week. Beginning of another. End of one month. Beginning of another.

THE POWER OF TENSION.

Listening to the presidential debates this past Tuesday night was like listening to Vivaldi’s winter season recomposed by Max Richter, however less graceful in transition from one chord and rhythm to the next. This vibrant, dark, powerful, shadow filled piece of music delivers one of greatest dramatic musical narratives to exist in classical music (personal opinion).

We all watched in absolute shock that two grown men with unprecedented power could not SHOW UP for the country and coherently deliver a message of hope, unity, and some sense of security. Instead they put the American people on the defense. Being on the defense is the greatest form of tension.

Ten days before this debate night we lost the notorious RBG, a woman who fought feverishly for women’s rights. The quiet architect to choreographing a selection of tension-tough law cases to ensure that women’s rights were on the ballot. The measures she took to ensure that our defense, our own fights for our female rights would not have to be so relentless and exhausting. 

As I was driving around Detroit recently listening to Vivaldi’s winter season, I experienced tension all around me. Tension in the torn down buildings, tension in the transition from one neighborhood to the next, tension in the gentrification, tension in the lovely gentlemen that grabbed his **** and blew me a kiss when I was sitting in my car at a red light.

Tension exists in all forms. It is both the visible and invisible. It is the fastest delivery to action because of its uncomfortableness.

However, if we can sit in stillness with tension, we can find the good in it, we then have the humane ability and agility to change the outcomes of our future positively and compassionately.  

RBG used tension to fight for women’s rights.

Detroit used tension to unify and beautify a city.

This year’s election uses tension to push the vote.

With that, the quote of the week:

“The tension between not being let in and not being let go fixes us. Especially when it’s the not-being-let-in that won’t let you go. You’re held at the threshold. You’re turned away, but you can’t turn away.” – Randon Billings Noble

VOTE!