I didn’t write the newsletter yesterday because even committing a few hurried thoughts to paper withdrew me from the stillness my body and pysche needed.

As industry people pilfered our green room, it brought me great joy closing my laptop and excusing myself to a bench just off site, where I sat in smug triumph, doing absolutely nothing.

Touring can be an inelegant dichotomy, providing the perfect environment for busyness, preoccupation, escapism and avoidance while also ample opportunity to tune in to how we might be feeling or what’s really going on in our lives.

The MOAT’s goal is encouraging mindfulness, and I’m glad I chose to circumnavigate the chaos rather than plow through it.