Put Yourself In Beauty’s Way

I want to share two things with you. “Expanding Peace” (this month’s Composers Choice) and a picture.

Expanding Peace is a deep trance piece – so please don’t operate the dishwasher!

The other day I was feeling stressed. After finally realising that there was no sabre tooth tiger about to eat me , I was able to break the fight / flight chemical ‘stress-trance’ I was in, by reminding myself to go find something beautiful. This is a habit I have nurtured over time. It works. Simply go discover something beautiful…immediately.

At the time, I was in a museum. I found a brass plaque with the most exquisite light bouncing off it – I saw within the golden metal, a landscape – a seascape – with a beautiful horizon line like the ocean. It looked like a painting by Turner. I took a photo out of disbelief. Shortly, I realised I was back in balance again, having discovered my ‘little wonder’.

So, when you need to quickly find remedy for stress-ness start looking for ‘little wonders’ around you. Put on your close-up cinematic eye. Force a state of playfulness as a circuit breaker and take a few pictures with your phone.

Two things will follow:

*with a little repetition you will get really good at turning off the chemical stress response and training your eye for the nuance and beauty in things.

*you will get a collection of interesting pictures! The making of art and music for me is ultimately meditative. It puts me in Beauty’s way.

Steve Fearnley

Stephen Fearnley is an award-winning filmmaker, artist and composer. He composes transformational soundscapes for the meditation journeys guided by Naomi Carling and facilitated by Naomi Janzen for One Mind Live – a unique worldwide online group meditation community. To sample One Mind Live, go HERE