Have you ever tried this: you are listening to a song and it just HITS you. It hits you in the most evocative way possible. Maybe you went through a hard breakup and you listen to the lyrics and realise that you are not the only one being “broken” this way. Or you drive in your car on a wide open road by sunset and you hear a song that makes you feel like you are moving in slowmotion, not unlike a main character in an epic movie who had just encountered the point of no return.
And then… then you listen to the same song on another day and you don’t feel it at all. Maybe at best you get a faded memory of the feeling you had connected to it but is never the same. Why is that?
This is one of the things I find truly intriguing about life. The ebbs and the flows. Our moods and ability to feel certain things and experience a certain atmosphere at a specific point in time. It is that subtle energy that no one can really explain but everyone can feel it. It happens to us in many ways. Like when you are at a concert and you can feel the vibe; you know if it is flowing or not. Or when you enter a room and people are having a great time and you are being lifted on the sensation of excitement.
This energy is the magical essence of life and could even be called “The Finger of God.” An energy that is never supposed to be repeated in the exact same way because it comes in a very unexpected, very unique moment for a reason. This is the energy that artists lives for and learn to harness. The moment where things suddenly takes form after a long time of hard work in the studio or trying to write out something and then out of a sudden a divine spark is piercing through the clouds.
In ancient Greece they had a great term called kairos which in modern terminology is translated to: “the opportune and decisive moment.” But traditionally it holds so much more wisdom than that. It was not only a word, not only a term, it was a very specific energy. The knowing of the right moment and right time. Something that all the great speakers (orators) knew how roll with in front of their audiences.
Therefore the part of a creative process (or living a great life for that matter) is to be truly open and ready for everything. To know that the ebbs and the flows of the ocean serves each their purpose.
And if you do encounter “kairos” today tell him that I said hello,
Victoria