Tag: culture

notebooks & journals.

My notebook…this journal? Raw, messy, defiant, experimental, probing, uncomfortably blunt, flawed, imperfect, and ON THE FLY…

Spontaneous. honest. Jotting that thought. Clipping that find. Recording that moment.

Why do some people get antsy, defiant, or weird when reading other viewpoints?

Different views, different beliefs, and different perspectives are what make us UniQue.

And that should be preserved and celebrated in this world of herd mentality…..

Keep a journal and celebrate your ‘uniqueness’.

6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. 
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. 
8 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. 
10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. 
11 Many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray. 
12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. 1
3 But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:6-13 (world english bible)

On amazing artwork. Iceland Poppy. Wabi-Sabi. Fiction.

I came across this beauty today. What intense detail and vibrancy!!!!???? And with colored pencils??? Absolutely amazing. David Morrison. Very talented.

Morrison mentions Wabi Sabi…Now, that happens to be my thing – or at least one of them.

I am intrigued by the incomplete and the stunning beauty of imperfection, along with the natural wear and tear of nature.

And the intentionally incomplete? – noticing the beauty of that suspended moment? – It definitely influences my work.

I’m currently putting together a project.

I am experimenting and trying to come up with a ‘novel’ (pun intended!) way to present/’tell’/publish a collection of fiction I have written. I want to weave them together into a complex, endless’ tale.

I’m going to house this expanding tapestry of interwoven tales and tangled fibers of fiction in its own site…hopefully soon.

I can see that this project has many ‘wabi-sabi’ characteristics.

My project? My work? Long story…and complicated…but what isn’t ‘complicated’ nowadays????