Don't know why it's terrifying
to pin down a few key objectives to
define this little blog...
not doing this for kicks,
actually responding to
a challenge set forth
by a DEFINE YOUR BLOG party.
not doing this for kicks,
actually responding to
a challenge set forth
by a DEFINE YOUR BLOG party.
my kitchen where i often blog.
a painting from '09
Because for a few years a million things
have terrified me--a season of high anxiety.
To cope I have wrapped my self up in as much
serenity and peace as possible.
all images mine
Initially this blog was a private catalog for just me.
But it's the sharing part that makes it truly
worthwhile and where my heart leans.
Though I'm totally paranoid
(of successful bloggers who go on
record saying "do this for more followers"'
or "be personal but not TOO personal"...)
(of successful bloggers who go on
record saying "do this for more followers"'
or "be personal but not TOO personal"...)
and easily bored and prone to wander
and seeeeeriously terrified to define
and reduce the blog to a few sentences,
and reduce the blog to a few sentences,
I do see its value.
To stay centered and accountable.
To alert readers so they're informed of whether
to return for a fix or run like h***.
H-E-L-L-O blog-defining cheer?
(see, told ya i'm 45 going on 14):
*H*
h o n o r c r e a t i v i t y .
Because it's divine.
It has been my passion for as long as I can remember.
For some of us, it keeps us breathing.
*E*
e x p l o r e l o v e l y .
So many diversions and distractions out there!
We can help point each other toward higher ground...
toward the light.
*L*
l i v e m o r e s o u l f u l l y .
*L*
l i v e m o r e s o u l f u l l y .
Not gonna go all preachy.
That's not my style.
But the reason it's critical for me personally
is that left to my own devices, i'm a selfish sucky loser.
I have to TRY to live more soulfully with intention.
As a child, it came naturally.
As a cynical hormonal bombshell, notsomuch.
*L*
l a u g h e v e r y d a y .
Blessed with perfect health, a brilliantly peerless personal life,
and an absence of stressors big and small?
Outstanding. This blog will be a bore to you.
Some of us need the medicine of laughter to heal.
*O*
o b s e r v e b e a u t y i n i m p e r f e c t i o n .
It's huge for me; always has been.
My natural inclination is to be perfectionistic;
to see anything less than perfect as "fail."
But what i know to be true is there is
beauty in the broken,
the tattered, the loved.
It's how i want this blog to feel.
It's what i want my life to reflect.
I typically write posts
stream of consciousness style
stream of consciousness style
in one fell swoop.
Which is why i often recommend you
read me with tenderness and a modicum of caution.
Which is why i often recommend you
read me with tenderness and a modicum of caution.
all images by me...miss angsty blogger
Thank you for listening.
I probably made the blog defining
process much more complicated
and painful than it ever has to be.
But being complicated is one of my
special talents.
Hope you'll follow and join the journey.
I probably made the blog defining
process much more complicated
and painful than it ever has to be.
But being complicated is one of my
special talents.
Hope you'll follow and join the journey.
Stay lovely!
