Science, Art & Intention

Go together like broccolini, peas and Margherita pizza: perfectly

Something I think a lot about is The Conservation of Mass, discovered in 1789 by Antoine Lavoisier. In physics, this scientific law states that

“Matter can change form through physical and chemical changes, but through any of these changes, matter is conserved. The same amount of matter exists before and after the change—none is created or destroyed.”

One could argue that Intention is matter of the mind. If that’s the case, why do you have to work so hard to focus on it - shouldn’t it just be there? Contrary-wise, how is there a gradient of intensity within Intention if matter can neither be created or destroyed, where tf does it go? (You can sub “energy” for “matter” if you feel like my analogy is a stretch, The Conversation of Energy’s got you covered {that is, until Albert Einstein’s discovery of E = mc2 in 1905 goes down, then the two laws merge into the Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy, in which case, I still win, cause that proves law the total amount of mass and energy in the universe is constant.})

Given these truths, imagine the electrifying jolt of energy that ran through my body when I got the news of a lifetime, MINUTES after I wrote these words on a piece of paper and pinned them to the corkboard above my alter when I set my daily intentions and have been working hard on manifesting some v v big dreams:

I wrote them down because for the first time, in possibly ever, the thought crossed my mind - what if I shouldn’t be farther along by now? What if I’m not lazy and the output of my commitments is a reasonable achievement? What if, hear me out, my best IS good enough? Like most artists, I’ve spent an all too large part of my career worried I wasn’t doing enough, no matter how many shows I’d book, no matter how many flights I was on or how long I’d be away on tour. Very recently it dawned on me that doing more never made me feel more accomplished, so perhaps I could explore finding satisfaction in doing as much as I could manage, and not a penny more. How much time spent planning and anticipating what’s next will it take to finally start to appreciate this very moment? This change in thinking helped me turned down a really juicy gig recently, even though I really wanted to perform and I wouldn’t have to build something from scratch, it would still cause me to over-extend myself - which I’m working diligently to, quite literally, put to rest.

I can’t wait until I can unveil the good news, to say I’ve been working towards it my entire career is an understatement - I’ve actually been working towards this since I was 12 years old.

Be well,

Allyson