New Beginnings
There’s something that excites me about beginnings…
This will be my first blog and I find myself as tempted as ever by the blank
page, so tantalizingly white as it sits before me. All this space to fill and
the responsibility to say something worth reading. My goal in creating
this blog is to create a space to play and peruse, guide and be guided
by the thoughts and experiences that come my way as I continue on this
adventure we call life. Thus the title,
"Life, the Universe, and Everything in It," because that’s what
fascinates me and that’s what I intend to share with you, gentle
reader, if you should decide to stay on and read awhile.
So if you enjoy being riled, mystified, tickled, and daunted, sore from laughter, or fundamentally shaken–in short if your tastes are as ecclectic as mine, we should get along just fine. Poetry,
politics, and art. Music, films, and issues of social justice. Cartoons
and travelogues. Spirituality and food. Exhibitions and strange
exchanges mixed with moments of great beauty or mundane bliss. Continuing studies in compassion. The people I meet for a moment, or
know for half my life. These are the things that inspire me. And I hope
that if you feel moved, you’ll take a moment to share your thoughts.
And I hope that you will remember that this is a learning process for
me. I’ll appreciate your mentions of tips, tricks, and tidbits that
will encourage and nourish what I strive to offer, just as I’ll
appreciate your understanding for any mistakes or omissions and bring them to my attention so I can correct them. Now imagine that I am doffing my hat, and setting off jauntily into the not too
distant horizon for unknown places. And after a moment, I turn to look
back to you and motion as if to say, Come on!, we’ll take this ride together.
March 27th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Hi Mel, my sweet!
I have long believed that the most important skill an artist can have is SEEING. Really seeing. Life is much brighter, much more awe inspiring, much more precious when you can truly see what is around you, not just look at it. I relearn this on an almost daily basis, and find myself truly blessed. Please, let us share a walk together some time.
W~