Equinox
Twice a year, every year, we experience a day when the duration of darkness and the duration of light are exactly the same length, and the whole earth is on the borderline between states of being; just falling asleep in September, just waking up in March. We call this day an “equinox,” from Latin words that refer to the equality of night and day.
Yet what is amazing about the brief, precarious balance between opposites that takes place on the equinoxes is that it reminds us of the imbalance we experience on the other 363 days of the year. Night advances to blot out day; day returns to kindle night. The earth is engaged in a slow, continuous, never ending dance between one and the other.
And so are we. Each of us shifts daily now towards, now away from our darkest spirits and our brightest hopes, our best ambitions and our worst desires. If we achieve equinox, it is rare, lovely, and transparent, like this self-portrait: for each of us is a chiaroscuro of shadows showing through light showing through shadows.
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