9 thoughts on “Sky dancing”

  1. Yes, you have that right, Amanda. That is what I was thinking when I wrote my comment. We human children stumble over and over again trying to create a sense of power when it is inside us all along.

    I think when I can sit still and look at nature and just let it be, [including me] that is the absolute power. That is success and as you described: grace.

    I long for when more people can feel that too and not just in special little pockets/ gatherings and communities of like-mindedness. I think we are witnessing the cosmic orgasm of people feeling freedom. [and it aint the kind o’ freedom brought by a bomb or bullet] It is as simple as changing our minds.

  4. oh… and in rankin inlet, and some other locations, you can sometimes see pink and violet colours. i saw those once. only once. it was worth every frozen moment.

    so happy you posted that, amanda.

  5. some clear cold nights, even before the snow has fallen, they dance and dance, flowing from one end of the sky to the other. sometimes slow, sometimes waving and undulating so fast – don’t blink.

    i heard this for the first time in my northern life last week. a newcomer to kugluktuk told a story of how she was gazing at the lights and a group of inuit kids walked by and told her not to watch them… that they were the bad restless spirits and they would take her head. they were VERY insistent, apparently. which is why you will see kabloona staring at the magic and inuit people ignoring spirits.

    i haven’t researched this much, yet. so i’m not certain, as these things go, if it’s a long standing inuit belief or if this came about with the various catholic and anglican missionaries diverting attention away from nature and towards their gods.

    regardless, i have spent many evenings on my back on a slab of rock or bundled up and splayed on the snow watching one of the most beautiful phenomena i’ve ever seen. surpasses the magical fireworks i witnessed half-asleep at the age of four. (hard one to beat when you’re a kid and the stars are exploding.)

  6. i’ve seen them twice, but neither was as dramatic as these in the video. one was just a vague, small green smudge seen from the yard with my dad. the other was this curious column of white light viewed with an old friend/former lover on the western shores of scotland. we were trying to figure out which wee village could possibly be sending up such a large searchlight when it suddenly flattened out to a white horizontal.

  8. mesmerizing…

    despite living on the Canadian border at various longitudes, I’ve never seen auroras-but would love to! for the time being I camp out in the wee hours and watch the sky before I meditate.

    don’t forget! the Lyrid meteor showers are April 21-22!! the moon will be almost full, but I just can’t be inside when these things are going on..
    if you plan to watch them too, I will “see” you there, and don’t forget to make wishes!!

    peace. thanks for posting Amanda!

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