The Month of the Barefoot Moon

I don't always realize when it is the first of the month, but today I did. This day rings in my mind with the fragment of a poem (author unknown): "June, June, the month of the barefoot moon." This morning there was not a song for this day. nor was there a video, but tonight there is both. When it rains, it pours- and today was pouring, literally and figuratively. Somehow I rallied against the dying of the light, aka, the endless and unseasonal rain and gloom that is enveloping Northern California, and I guess this song is my little prayer to invoke the summer. It will be here soon, I know, but I am not sure I ever welcomed a June with hailstorms and thunder and rain soaking through all of my clothes. Anyway, someone told me there was an astrological conjunction today, and I ought to make five wishes to ride the potent wave. Wish one, summer, come sometime soon, preferably before July. Wish two, may this song and video be just the beginning of a creative streak this season. Wishes three four and five: see wish two, and magnify.

For those of you who are wondering. this video was shot outside, in a light rain, and uses a series of photos of a textured glass bowl, paperweight, and dye. I recommend watching it in FULL SCREEN mode. Your kids might like it, too. No naughty bits here. Enjoy!

(If you want to download the audio of this song, go here.)

Comments

[*winter]

I love it.... thanks for the summertime wishes... I hope they are granted

[Leonna Sapphire]

How sweet and beautiful, Sasha!!! This is a true amazing feat to write a song and record it and a video all in ONE DAY!!!!
And such a feat to turn a depressing event, like our current weather into such beauty! Such an amazing imspiration you are to me and so many others!!!!!!!!And your voice sounds so clear and beautiful!!!
I hope that this invocation to the summer works!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxox Leonna

[pelin]

love this! very eliza doolittle :) i wanna whole musical about june from you. and i wish you speedy sunshine, miss.

[Summer Rose]

☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀Sasha it is Summer here and I am down here in Joshua Tree land where the oranges are glowing and the sun is a knowin' my face~ communing and working on a way to bring much more sun up Nor Cal Way so that your cauldron of planetary wishes comes to it's fruition ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼ ☀ ☼