3. The Comfort of Analog

The portal opens. I’m in front of The Sky Cabin.
Standing here, I feel peace.

I smell the wood of the cabin. It’s a smell I often think about when I’m at work.
But it’s not just the smell. The whole environment of the cabin creates that peace.

It begins with the minimalist design.
Only a few items, carefully chosen. None of them beeping.
They are silent. Analog.

I don’t always have Perfect Music playing magically through invisible speakers. Sometimes it’s off.
When I want to play, I let Perfect Music run in the background.
But not when I want to heal.
For healing, I prefer the sound of the sand falling in my sandglass.

It’s hard to hear, but you can get good at it.
The noise of the world is loud. The sandglass cures it.

I can also look at the bookshelf.
I rotate a carefully chosen list of books that watch me write. Others wait their turn in the attic, one day to join me here at the cabin.
Some I take back home, some I leave here. A few I’ve read many times, and just by looking at them, they give me peace.

Then there’s the table, always waiting for conversation. Real, human conversation. Not texts.
Not that those are bad, but speaking and seeing another person appeals more deeply to our primitive brain.
The analog ways bring a sense of peace, of reality—unlike living always in the cloud.

I keep listening to the sand.
What a neat sound.
Analog.

Cabin Ritual

From the Shelf: The Book of Ichigo Ichie — Héctor García & Francesc Miralles.

Grain of Wisdom from the Sandglass: “If I teach, and you don’t practice, then we are both wasting our time.” — Huang Xingxian

What the Candle Said: “You don’t need what you want. You want it, but you don’t need it.”

Desert Stones

• Moon’s Face: Waxing Crescent / First Quarter

• Planets Visible: Saturn, Jupiter, (Venus near horizon)

Cabin Cup: Drinking turmeric and ginger tea — enjoyment 67/100.

Perfect Music (private playlist): Email me at skycabin@posteo.net if you want in — it’s my excuse to talk to you :)