{"id":1223,"date":"2021-11-01T18:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T18:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2021-11-21T19:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T19:06:26","slug":"strange-things-are-afoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/strange-things-are-afoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Things Are Afoot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A tale for All Hallows\u2019 Eve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7B1347CC-E923-420B-9AC7-D4E009B3F595.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7B1347CC-E923-420B-9AC7-D4E009B3F595-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1224\" width=\"807\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7B1347CC-E923-420B-9AC7-D4E009B3F595-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7B1347CC-E923-420B-9AC7-D4E009B3F595-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7B1347CC-E923-420B-9AC7-D4E009B3F595-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7B1347CC-E923-420B-9AC7-D4E009B3F595-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7B1347CC-E923-420B-9AC7-D4E009B3F595-640x640.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7B1347CC-E923-420B-9AC7-D4E009B3F595-440x440.jpeg 440w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/7B1347CC-E923-420B-9AC7-D4E009B3F595.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am writing on the last day of October, the time when it is said that the veil between our world and the underworld is thin. I have been seeing ghosts of late, and also feeling storms inside my body to match those in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/36E97127-1C82-48B0-B3F7-7123A72C792B.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/36E97127-1C82-48B0-B3F7-7123A72C792B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/36E97127-1C82-48B0-B3F7-7123A72C792B.jpeg 551w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/36E97127-1C82-48B0-B3F7-7123A72C792B-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/36E97127-1C82-48B0-B3F7-7123A72C792B-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/36E97127-1C82-48B0-B3F7-7123A72C792B-440x440.jpeg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Last day in Lisbon &#8211; Eve strikes a pose<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September in Lisbon:&nbsp;I made a video&nbsp;near the medieval ruins known as&nbsp;<strong>Convento do Carmo<\/strong>, a 14th-century convent destroyed by the great earthquake of 1755. There are many tombs inside the remaining&nbsp;structure. A place full of spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C6071B3C-022E-4B4D-BC29-96E5F58CF2F9-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C6071B3C-022E-4B4D-BC29-96E5F58CF2F9-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C6071B3C-022E-4B4D-BC29-96E5F58CF2F9-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C6071B3C-022E-4B4D-BC29-96E5F58CF2F9-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C6071B3C-022E-4B4D-BC29-96E5F58CF2F9-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C6071B3C-022E-4B4D-BC29-96E5F58CF2F9-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C6071B3C-022E-4B4D-BC29-96E5F58CF2F9-480x640.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C6071B3C-022E-4B4D-BC29-96E5F58CF2F9-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sacred remains at Convent Carmo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That late summer day, our last in Portugal, I set up a tiny tripod outside and made a recording with my phone. Five minutes of yoga poses as people floated by me like ghosts. Did they see me? Was I invisible? I felt like a secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yoga do Carmo\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6FefVPkg_8Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A moment later I added the background track from my song, \u201cPeace on Earth.\u201d Making my voice invisible, I celebrated&nbsp;these beautiful musicians and their instruments. Let these souls shine, I said,&nbsp;and I\u2019ll be the ghost floating by!&nbsp;&#x1f47b;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sun faded over the hills. In the darkness, I tripped on cobblestones while crossing the street. Back in NY, I soon realized my left foot was broken (5th metatarsal) &#8211; a&nbsp;d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu&nbsp;as I had fractured the same spot before.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve been a medical boot for 6 weeks now. At night, my dream world is quite active &#8211; I\u2019m leaping and scaling ancient walls through purple storms, my body in constant motion. By day, I move like a snail.&nbsp;&#x1f40c;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the last full moon (2 weeks ago), I was in Boston seeing ghosts from my days as a student of&nbsp;<strong>Berklee College of Music<\/strong>. I discovered that my hotel was a block from where I broke my foot 17 years ago &#8211; I had tripped on a storm drain on my way&nbsp;to a bar called Lucky\u2019s.&nbsp;&#x1f340;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C66121F1-4EB5-462D-9DEE-A03AE919F87F-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C66121F1-4EB5-462D-9DEE-A03AE919F87F-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C66121F1-4EB5-462D-9DEE-A03AE919F87F-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C66121F1-4EB5-462D-9DEE-A03AE919F87F-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C66121F1-4EB5-462D-9DEE-A03AE919F87F-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C66121F1-4EB5-462D-9DEE-A03AE919F87F-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C66121F1-4EB5-462D-9DEE-A03AE919F87F-480x640.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/C66121F1-4EB5-462D-9DEE-A03AE919F87F-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Scene of the crime, across from Lucky\u2019s Lounge in Boston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes life is spooky. We have fault lines where we\u2019re prone to break open time and again, places where the veil feels thin.&nbsp;<strong>Today I am Frankenstein&nbsp;<\/strong>in my big boot, full of agitation. But I am always thankful for the learning and growth that comes from life\u2019s mysteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now I\u2019ll hold on to that moment of dappled sunlight in the ancient corner, loving the fluidity of movement as well as the solid ground beneath my feet.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/82393CF8-3365-4903-A111-5F32F51DEB41-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/82393CF8-3365-4903-A111-5F32F51DEB41-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/82393CF8-3365-4903-A111-5F32F51DEB41-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/82393CF8-3365-4903-A111-5F32F51DEB41-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/82393CF8-3365-4903-A111-5F32F51DEB41-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/82393CF8-3365-4903-A111-5F32F51DEB41-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/82393CF8-3365-4903-A111-5F32F51DEB41-480x640.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/82393CF8-3365-4903-A111-5F32F51DEB41-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6FefVPkg_8Q\">WatCh video<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tale for All Hallows\u2019 Eve I am writing on the last day of October, the time when it is said that the veil between our world and the underworld is thin. 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