Dear Friend and Reader,
If you haven’t been to the polls yet, take your camera. I’ll update a post throughout the day.В
How it works:
Send your best shot to editorial (at) planetwaves.net — one picture only unless you have a series of Karl Rove sottering in the back of a machine.
Include your location (town, county, state) and voting time, your name (optional), and a quick sum-up of your experience (for example, “I was on line for 6 hours!”)
Thanks for your support, and looking forward to seeing your images.
Yours & truly,
Rachel Asher
Can I offer a picture from my imagination in words? It began when I was in the shower, where I imagined the US of A as an overweight, slightly-passed-middle-age, white man. The backdrop of this was what I would consider a sexy tension between Saturn and Uranus– alluring in some way, an energic friction, with stress and excitement mirroring each other and calling for his (our) individuation. The weight and age of this imaginary guy told me that he had been called before, but was not willing/ able to hear. He’s in a late midlife crisis. Could the power of Saturn/Uranus wake him up? Not the kind of wake up that manifests with the proverbial red Ferrari; rather, the bittersweet awakening accompanied by sadness and regret in the face a discovery of purpose that he wishes he found long ago.
The crucible meets the catalyst today. My hope: He is finally able to feel the life-affirming energy calling him toward individuation. It is time for him (us) to choose from a place of Self-resonance, rather than doctrine, fear, and popular belief. Is he up for it? Can he shed light on his shadow, detach from his ego, live more from a place of soul? Can he heed the call this time?
This is where my picture ends. I arrived at the polls feeling less the power of the ritual (my usual experience) and more the anxiety about whether we are up for the challenge of individuation as a nation. The regret that we have “wasted time,” and may waste more. The sadness for so much suffering. And the doubt around whether we can access the courage needed. The crucible and the catalyst are available to us; this seems clear.. what will we make of this?