Rising, reflecting on how Creative and Conscious Intelligence might act in the world, this at a time when Higher Intelligence is necessary. Global solutions require global intelligence, noting (necessarily) this implies global solutions manifest locally; but the direction does not emerge from top-down central-direction (e.g. government mandated micro-control).

The birth of The Orchestra, emerging from Guitar Craft, is only one reason not to fear passing away, letting go, change, completion: the work honoured, the process fulfilled, the undertaking undertaken.

Upon completion, everything of value continues on, and nothing-of-value is lost. Simply, dying is not death, more a move from one form of experiencing to another. As if the working player moves to another venue.

Sunday 28th. March, 2010
The Guitar Circle I
The Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists III
Guitar Craft 25th. Anniversary Completion Course Special Project
Convento La Pace, Sassoferrato, Ancona, Italy

PS At Ancona, shortly before we boarded the same flight to Munich, FS asked how I felt with Guitar Craft ceasing to exist. The word that sprang to mind and lips was Light. And then: No fear of dying; if dying feels this good, with sense of resolution, completion and new beginning, and lightness…

The final moment on Thursday at 20.30 with Silence in the dining room, not anticipating calling-the-moment until after the rehearsal, it was clear: this is the time. So, there it was. And it felt – not loss, not relief, not sadness, more a sense: this moment is significant.

Robert Fripp
Sunday 28th. March, 2010
Chiswick, London, England