the procession of flowers, fragrances, berries, trees. nature intensely, intently. 

music my new recording has so many pointy bits that i hope you love. maybe someday i will tell you why it has taken so long. there are some quite funny things, too. imo.  the website will be the portal. things are starting to breathe in, breathe out there.

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i am delighted 
• Canadian Songwriters Hall of fame - OCTOBER 17 -  have invited me to be induced, inducted, inundated or innoculated. i didn't have my glasses on.
• POLARIS - SEPTEMBER 16 - rather cool vision from the Slaight Family - 'albums of the highest artistic distinction, without regard to sales or affiliation.'  THE SPECKLESS SKY is one of the nominations for LEGENDS category. you can vote here - once per day until aug. 21 8pm est. really?

HOW DO WE?  I put a post up the other day, then took it down, feeling it was too weird to say normal things in a world where so many never move out of extreme stress. i don't think we have to have global peace to post normal day-to-day things, but … i don't know. 
any wisdom welcome. 

jane siberry
wishing you all abundance or attendance or … 

Putting water out if you can, for thirsty animals in this hot weather.
 

Siberry salons available for October and possibly on the nov/december tour depending on routing.  if you have been interested in having a Siberry concert in your living room, now is the time to check it out.  see link for details.

The recording is sounding beautiful and I look forward to you hearing it. when? i can only go one step at a time so not sure how you will receive it, but just know it is possibly soon.

My wish for you - that we help each other remember to love the resistances we have, love the judgements we have towards ourselves, our slowness, our choosing of old habits, our desire to escape, to keep ourselves safe through judging others and look at these exact same things with a smile and ask our higher selves to dissolve them with love and greater compassion towards ourselves. relief at having a chance to reset everytime we become conscious in the thicket of our own unconsciousness. 

Which reminds me, this is from ‘wee little mousie’ on upcoming recording:

THREE MIRACLES HAPPENED THAT NIGHT
Firstly I became conscious in the thicket of my own unconsciousness
‘I don’t think I believe that anymore’ 
and I put this little mouse gently on my palm
 

The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame has invited me into their hall, and while at first I said no, I have overcome my fears and am delighted. more later. 
 

The Polaris Celebration of artists is considering my 1985 recording ‘The Speckless Sky' for its thank yous.

IF YOU WERE A TOURING MUSICIAN this is what you might encounter: about a month before, your system will start amping up. your normal amount of coffee will make you jittery. need less. you will start filing things against the wall, lyrics, tuner, nail clippers, lightweight underwear, one pen, one journal, one of many things and as light as possible, you'll subconsciously be mapping out songs, what's in your heart to play, what might be in people's hearts to hear, your passport, vitamins in ziplocks, waiting for the right clothes to come to mind, there will be no time to re-organize, to fix, to nap, to get on top of. once you start it is full force. where is your dog, he'll be safe and well-loved, i promised him even if he's not with me. handwritten lyrics of a new song printed on lightest paper, can they print on vellum? find out. you're going out into the world, that most important beautiful world, to feel to see to hear to learn to serve. you will be safe, surrounded by the god in everyone. grateful grateful grateful.

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well.

it is very much in my heart that we are WAY too stressed, too anxious, and not finding it easy to use our breathing to keep ‘feeling ourselves’. The constant flooding of the ‘stress’ hormone cortisol keeps our bodies unable to rest our bodies. the fact that we think we ARE our bodies doesn't help either, as it is hard to step back for the wider view. 

Sometimes i think i've been in ‘frozen’ mode much of my life. I used to lie down when people chased me, thinking i'd never get away. i am not like that anymore. but this is one of my particular lessons. i've grown, we've all been growing, but still … i look forward to the tools we've learned being more accessible for instant change. 

I like instant.

I realized there is a lot on my new recording about this. 
 

I'm in Yardley, Pennsylvania right now with Renee Cologne, my pal and fellow producer. after myriad choices for each song, they are crystallizing. i remember this from past recordings - realizing that the endless deciding was almost over … commitment or ‘had enough’ being one's friend. twice i shaved my head. i won't this time. i have  the help of a highly talented group of people that have stepped forward to help get the music out. affectionately, the ‘think tank’. the last few recordings were just hitting the ‘send’ button really. this time, more is happening. I like that one song is being released/enjoyed at a time. proper honouring of each. we'll have a ‘lights out’ listening together with some questions after. and perhaps a later zoom with guest speakers on the topic. have you seen any of the ‘teasers’? under 20 seconds and some cool footage. K. put them all together. such creativity. they're on youtube now after they bummed around in social media. (youtube.com/janesiberryofficial). a beautiful new website, more ‘t-shirts to live by’, even 2 coffee mugs. ok - i never wanted to sell mugs, but here we find ourselves. ‘everything reminds me of my dog’ and ‘everything reminds me of my human’. all being done without me being needed.  a lesson in letting go, making sure i didn't die in the process, brightening considerably when i realize i haven't, and going out for a mani-pedi. 

i love touring and connecting with you. it really is the heart of being a musician. and seeing what is happening in the world. AND i get to do just one thing. 

wishing you all the best,

Jane