Wild and Windy

Last weekend saw me on Hac Sa Beach playing in the hush! Beach Concerts x YO-GA Wellfest in Macau.  Our venue was relocated to the beach this year and the organisers spent considerable time and energy creating a level surface both for the stage and participants. What no one could anticipate was mother nature's intervention. Tropical storm Toraji brought massive tidal surge and strong gusts but fortunately little rain.  The show did go on and to give credit to the other facilitators and organisers no classes were cancelled.  

I am a proclaimed anemophile and pluviophile - lover of wind and rain.- albeit depending where I am - in the middle of the South China Sea on a yacht in T8 was an experience I will never forget lying on the floor of the cabin spread eagled vs safely ensconced in my living room with my cat curled next to me listening to the wind and rain lashing the roof. Being near the ocean is particularly exhilarating with the roar of the waves stirring up all those healthy negative ions.  

As a gong player I admit beaches are not my favourite location simply because of the sand.  One has to take care setting up and disassembling the gongs.  Fortunately Hush arranged a spacious stage where we assembled 9 gongs.  Playing in nature to the rhythmic sound of the waves is intoxicating. Entraining my play with the rise and fall, the crashing of the sea, the receding of the wave - the audience and I become one with nature.

The violent gusts transformed the gongs into an array of swinging gates. Joyously you use the moment to collaborate mindfully and playfully. Truly in sync with the rhythms of nature.