In tune.

Through recent interactions and encounters with many types of people and animals, I can honestly say that I get what being "In Tune" is.

It's like if you are listening to a radio that's just a little bit off. There is static. It's irritating until you can get it tuned just right, then the irritating feeling disappears and your mind says, "Yeah, that's it!"

I first experienced it while riding my instructor's horse. I'm learning to ride, the horse is teaching me, my instructor is teaching me. I'm doing my best to turn OFF my brain. To stop thinking and start feeling. The horse is looking for me to do a very specific thing to explain what I want from her.

It's not verbal.

I have to figure out what it feels like, so I listen to my trainer, process what she says, then ask the horse. Usually the first time it doesn't work, there is static. The second and third times I get a better feel for what I'm asking for, and how to ask for it. I ask again, and it comes in nice and clear. At that moment, we're in tune with each other.

The photo I attached to this blog reminded me of this concept. I took it at Via Colori, in Scottsdale. It is part of a larger work that can be viewed here. I liked this piece because it was one of the few done in black and white. The woman drawn is blindfolded, she quiets all of the outside voices, and ignores noisy thoughts to obtain peace and be in tune with the universe.