At a time when life on earth and human culture are so urgently endangered, it is essential to strengthen the creative, active gifts that are ours to contribute. Mind and life actively evolve, responding to circumstances, getting into trouble, escaping trouble, playing, creating new forms, refreshing old forms, dying, hatching, playing and improvising again, and have been doing so for hundreds of millions of years. It is an awesome privilege for us humans to be part of that process, and to help it along where we can.

We practice our art as a moving human body, playing with our tools, practicing as we sense-feel-imagine-think. Improvising can mean a lot of different things. But to me it means you have the freedom to do the work that you want to do. It comes from your heart, your body, your mind, your ethics, your dharma. And if you are improvising with partners, it is an exercise in democracy - people making communal choices together of what they want to do at this moment based on mutual respect and mutual trust.

In the space between two musical tones, between two breaths, we can find our temenos. Temenos - the sacred space we construct, the sacred time we make - within which we can germinate and nourish mind and nature even amidst dangers. Find again what lies within.