Just a quick note today.
Jen picked me up from the airport on Thursday, with Booboo, and we went to Lockhart and ate cheeseburgers and drank natural wine at a local bar that was having steak night. Almost everyone else there was a member of a local cattle ranching association. They were all dudded up and wearing cowboy hats and those specifically baggy jeans that old men wear with cowboy boots. I loved it and felt very Texan. The next morning, we went to Martindale to swim, and Jen read me a passage from a Krishnamurti book, and told me that Ryan told her, that when the Big Bang happened, the light of the world filled everything and was everything, and so everything we know and see and touch today is still filled with the light of the world.
Of course, this scientifically makes sense, but I had never really thought about it that way, and it made me want to cry.
Jen is good at being and living as an artist, and so is Ryan and so are Nay and Claire — who during their wedding a few weekends ago composed two pieces of music, in the same key and tempo, that were played in unison at their wedding as their literal vows. I thought that was extraordinary and beautiful.
When I think about living as an artist, mostly what I mean is the ability to note the details that add up to a much larger whole. That delicacy or finesse or whatever, about the smallest things makes everything so much richer. Or how Anne Truitt painted layers and layers of different colored paint under her sculptures because she thought that somehow the aura of the color transcended that final layer of paint— that as the viewer, you could feel it. There are infinite examples of this… Music producers are obsessed with the inexplicability of vibe. It’s why great records don’t need to be made with great gear, why that video of Picasso painting a bull still matters… You get it… It’s become trendy online to talk about aura, but art and artmaking really are all about aura, about the light of the world that you allow to filter through that final shell or layer, the feeling that goes beyond ordinary perception. Everyone is talking about how scientists discovered a new color this week, and I can’t stop thinking about how exciting it is to know that this color has always existed… There’s always more to be perceived. Incredible.
Anyways. Despite his small size, Booboo really has magnificent aura. The light of the world truly shines through him, and I don’t think I fully realized how much he is my friend, even though he’s just a dog and can’t talk. I drank so much coffee today I got lightheaded but I don’t really care I guess. I have been on the computer for too long.
I leave you with this beauty from Krishnamurti:
“You are the world and the world is you.”
Yes.
I’m Alma Jette, a songwriter and artist. Please check out my about section for more about this newsletter. Every like and comment helps me to grow. And I love to grow. If my work resonates, please share with a friend. Thanks. 🤎
booboo aura off the charts
yes yes love this needed to read today!