Be Noisy
not for me, thanks
This week’s Friday Fun is for those of you who have the need to let out some pent-up energy, angst, or whatever…
Make Nose!
I mean, like really make noise. Remember, during the pandemic, we learned that some people in New York City hung out of their windows each night to make noise? This was good for them; it was a means of communicating to others: I still exist! But I imagine it also worked well because making noise is a terrific way to move stale energy in one’s body.
Personally, I really, really, really prefer quiet. So while I am suggesting the idea of making noise, the actual doing of it makes me cringe. I do not enjoy “sound baths” in yoga studios, concerts, large spaces with many people, peaceful protests, and so on.
I do, however, really like the sound of drums. Especially the lower tones and handmade drums that are used in sharing circles.
Marching band from my children’s high school. Neither of them played an instrument.
The rules for Be Noisy, this week’s Friday Fun, there are always rules, aren’t there? Here you go…
Use items from your home that make a lot of noise. Lids to frying pans smashed together, as an example. Hammer and nails or no nails, just wood, slam doors, scream, stomp your feet, oh, I don’t know—just make noise. Do this for a set period of time, then stop and be still. Notice how your energy has shifted. That’s it. Now just go about the rest of your life.
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