Lunar Twilight 2022 - 9th Night: Elohim

 A great meditative song for Lunar Twilight. 

Note her video watermark matches the shape and color of the Moon indeed. 

Lunar Twilight 2022 - 8th Night: Sade, By Your Side

 Sade takes the feel of this night, Lunar Twilight, which is when the fading glow of yesteryear, 2022, is permitted to cross over into 2023, whence the Sun sets and the Moon returns to the rule the sky.  During the first month of January, the last cycle of the Moon carries a remainder.  

Of vexillological interest is a blue shirt that is hung out on the tree house.  It is a symbol of some sort or is it just plain laundry.  Several times over in history the hanging of certain laundry colors was used to send secret messages.  

At the end of the video Sade returns to hand out a rose to anyone who is in need of support.  No matter the circumstance, Sade's higher self does not deny the grace and compassion to the downtrodden.  

It is at low moments in life that certain angels like Sade appear and share the flowers of wisdom for the heart.  

Lunar Twilight 2022 - 7th Night: Moon by Mr. West

The Moon is a reflection that speaks to the past, a shadow of what was.  Here another Moon song by Mr. West of the K-multiverse taps the feel of this celestial sphere.   It is a sweet diddy from quite a wacky and rebellious 'Rapper on the Roof' of modern civilization.  

Lunar Twilight is an extra opportunity to made peace with the past, let go, remember soulfully and cherish the past, as the last Moon of 2022 fades from our collective memory in first 'month' of January 2023. 

Of vexillological interest is a white tag that can been seen on a black hoodie.  Clothing tags like flags are square like devices that convey information.  Likewise, coded symbols on clothing tags can be quite complex. 

 

Lunar Twilight 2022 - 6th Night: Moon Song, Phoebe Ridgers

 

Phoebe Bridgers, plays in the full moon night of Lunar Twilight 2022.  This is the night where fullness of 2022 comes back for en encore performance.  Not all Lunar Twilight's get a Full Moon evening.  

The length of Lunar Twilight depends on the cycle of the Moon and New Years.  Only if a lunar cycle begins before 13 Days before New Years, will a Lunar Twilight celebration get a Full Moon.  Last Year, Lunar Twilight only lasted one night.  On the rare occasion that a New Moon falls on December 31st, then Lunar Twilight will last its maximum of 29 nights into January, but never unto February.  

Bottom Line is you have an extra excuse to keep the Christmas Tree lights and decoration hung until the end of Lunar Twilight, which ends on January 21, 2023. 

In one live performance, the essential badge of the band can be seen on the Bass Dram, which has become the defacto flag or vexilloid within the Music industry.  And note, military drums always had the colors and symbols of the nation as well.

Lunar Twilight 2022 - 5th Night: Radio Head, Fake Plastic Trees

 

Radio Head hits the prefect chords that echo the themes of Lunar Twilight.  The song is a serene ghostly ember of reflection.  They find the beauty in sadness, that is partial to poetry of things in the past that leave a shadow on memory and dream alike. 

 The swaying cards from the official video that denote the aisles of the plastic market, relay information for the shoppers and the security.  

Lunar Twilight 2022 - 4th Night: Gungor, Moon Song

 

Last Moon of 2022 will continue to carry the light for 20 extra nights, and tonight is the 4th night of yesteryears fading ember. 

Cherish the past, make amends for the better, and hoping for recovery is a grand thematic for Lunar Twilight.  Gungor takes the presence of the Moon and makes a perfect song that reflects its special magic. 

 

Lunar Twilight 2022 - The 3rd Night: Super Mario Bros. 2 Ending

 

 The third night of Lunar Twilight 2022 is upon us, whence during the first few nights of 2023, an echo of 2022 returns.  The magic of this holiday rests on the cycle of the Moon, whose current phase began last year.  The Moon acts as the fading ember of Yesteryear, allowing for clemency and an extra chance to say goodbye.   Another aspect of Lunar Twilight is to savor the past. 

In this case, the ending theme music of the Super Mario 2 carries this theme.  Looking back at life, the past is made up of layers of memory from dreams that merge with the real world, such that both worlds become one in the rear view of the minds eye.  

Life is in a way like its own kind of video game with its rules, obstacles, hazards, power ups, and friendly folks who are willing to help.  Where do all those elements and persons in a dream go when it ends?  Are they simple figments of ones imagination?  Do we suffer from schizophrenia when we dream?  Or are there other layers of reality beyond the waking world?  Where do all your old classmates go after graduation?  What about all the old bosses and co-workers from past jobs?  They all seem to disappear into the ether.  Yet looking back, the warm glow of nostalgia forevermore glows in a past that once was, once upon a time.  We have a collective memory of books, movies, music, and now video games.

The night cap of Mario is marked with the universal 'badge' of Mario, which is the letter M.  Like Laverne from Laverne and Shirley, Mario has a tendency to mark all his property with the beginning of his name, the letter M.  

Super Mario Bros 2 was all just a dream where we help Mario defeat the Frog King to rescue the dream fairies.  The ending music is something like a lullaby.  As is life, lullabies are sung to us as children, that merge into memory, provide a layer of love that seeds certain gifts in the imagination.  Perhaps something of Forrest Gump in this tune, that has carried on in other forms.  Who knows how this game and song has manifested into new permutations of song and play?  And who can recount the times it influenced a dream?