Far Above the Moon; My Year in Space
For over a decade I have been selecting a Word of the Year (WOTY) as an annual framework of intention, a modality of being under deep consideration. Or, as often happens, as a point of departure to see where the year, and the word, takes me. It is a practice of curiosity that has served me well, starting at point A and evolving and leading me to point Z in both predictable and surprising ways. Inevitably my current word leads me to the next like a daisy-chain, a 12-month journey that is certainly never boring and always leaves an enduring impression.
Furthermore, in sharing my WOTY experience with you, I take part in a radical act of sharing myself. In this way, my WOTY has also become a practice of vulnerability.
In 2018 I selected “space” as my WOTY and set my intention to explore space — as a dimension of simply being, and being in an expanse that is a tool for liberation — free, available, and unoccupied.
I not only looked at diverse considerations of space, but also deeply took into account my “actions” in space — taking up/creating/holding/moving within set parameters, or systemic structures, of space. This includes the spaces of my body, mind, relationships, livelihood, etc.
Perhaps ironically, I then spent the vast majority of 2018 exploring the parts of human experience that are largely deprived…
