It seems such a natural thing to me to get on stage and play my guitar and sing a song. Sometimes it’s more natural for me to be there than to be in any other place. Strange . . . i know. After about 3 months of not performing, i didn’t know i missed it till i had the opportunity to perform again. Then something like having sand in your shoe all of a sudden removed, i felt a coming into balance. A certain “vibration of comfort” that i was not conscious of the lack of, all of a sudden came into my explicit awareness in the form of a certain kind of joy that permeated all my consciousness and made me feel more real, more me, more fresh, more alive, more at peace. I could even say it was cathartic.
Sometimes you put on an itchy sweater and you get used to the feeling and you don’t notice that it’s itchy. Then you take it off and you feel a relief that you didn’t know you needed. And it feels sooooo good! That’s the feeling i had — only more pervasive of all my beingness — physical, emotional, spiritual, etc. So i am very grateful today for all the times I’ve had the chance to get up on stage and share some type of art form with a group of appreciative spectators — especially my recent dates in New Mexico.