THE HORSE IN THE CIRCLE | 29 MARCH 2026 | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
A premonition, February 2025, that there would be a theme to my year - the ways in which energy binds things together. I’ve spoken about adjacent or tangential topics in the past, but there have been multiple angles on it presented to me simply through living life. One of the most visceral was the horse in the circle.
13 March 2026, I perform a sold-out concert in Prosser, Washington State where I start to draw the parallel between the moments I access the emotional memory at the genesis of a song, and see the audience moved in parallel with that moment. I see a thread - non physical, but undeniable. After the show, a local ranch-owner invites me riding the next morning in the local mountains, famous for their association with wild horses through The Horse Heaven Hills along the Columbia River. I jump at the opportunity.
She invited me into a round pen to teach me about the energetic connection between rider and horse. Beginning by educating me on the physical signs to look for in the horse - the separate ears, the breathing, eyes and orientation, then the physical movements I can articulate to direct the horse. Finally, she guides me in experimenting with the power that pure internal vision & intention have over the horse. Dropping all physical motions and almost telepathically communicating with the horse, I would hold images and intention of her moving, and she would; faster, slower, closer, farther.
It left me convinced beyond articulation of a power we can’t see. A series of thoughts followed: a cognizance of responsibility in keeping one’s internal world pure enough to ‘see’ in the first place - grounded and calm - enough to read the signs, and strongly aligned enough to communicate back. The confidence to work with those forces, interacting with them rather than passively noticing things - powerfully aware of how this one phenomenon with the horse in the circle, can be applied to so much of life; from clearly navigating communication in relationships, to being effective as a musician with the intent of conveying an emotion, to day to day interaction with the world and serendipitous encounters that lead to the greatest adventures.
