Come sit with me in the dark

Including Zoom link

I’ve taken down the curtains in my bedroom while I’m painting the walls. They’ll be a soft grey-green, a colour inspired, the paint company website tells me, by the colours of the Irish landscape. I’m calling it my womb-room.

The absence of curtains means that this morning I woke to the moonlight, bright across the bed. The waning crescent of the Frost Moon so bright in the black sky.

I dozed for a little while and then padded downstairs to sit in the dark at my kitchen table, with just a candle lit, to write this to you.

𖥸 An invitation 𖥸

An invitation to join me this Friday morning to sit in the dark.
Sit & wait.
Sit & create.
Sit & read,
knit,
draw,
breathe.
Sit and see what comes.

This is an invitation to commit to an hour of creative practice once a week for four weeks as the year draws to a close.

An invitation to sit knowing there are others here, too, doing the same.

An invitation to welcome in the dark, be curious about it, allow it to hold you, to be in it and, yes, see what comes.

We’ll gather between 6 & 7am GMT (check your timezone here).

When you rise, I’d recommend trying not to turn on electric lights. If it is evening for you, turn off the electric lights. Light a candle. Gather what you need for the hour. Tea, paper, pens, blankets, a needle and thread, words you’d like to read…

I know you’ll have to look at a screen to join us, but keep the brightness down, I’ll keep things quiet too.

I’ll welcome us, lead us in a short meditation, offer a simple prompt which you can use if you wish and then we’ll place our screens on gallery so we can feel the womb-space we’ve created our across the globe. For the next 45 minutes we will sit in the dark and do what calls us.

If you’re interrupted, don’t worry, we do what we can do. If a child appears, maybe invite them to join us.

Sitting in the dark will take place between 6 & 7am GMT on Friday 29 Nov, 6 Dec, 13 Dec, 20 Dec. Sessions will not be recorded.

Below is the recurring Zoom link for the four sessions. If you are not a paid subscriber, you are so welcome to upgrade any time before Friday to join us.

Paid subscribers, I’ll resend the Zoom link at 5:45am on Friday each week so you don’t have to go looking for it and spend unnecessary time on your screen.

I’m so looking forward to these mornings with you all,

Layla x