Friday, January 05, 2007
Audacity
"Make no mistake: Writing is an aggressive act because you aren't leaving well enough alone."
It makes me laugh sometimes, the things people say to me about my website and, most specifically, this blog. I am constantly questioned as to why I continue to Live Out Loud and share my personal life with a world of strangers. It is all based on beliefs, I suppose. Beliefs like: secrets make things sacred, privacy is priority, saying that good things are happening to you will jinx them, there are cetain things that are best left unsaid, the boat should not be rocked and if you aren't careful you won't be able to leave well enough alone. I am not saying that people are wrong for believing any of these things, nor am I saying that I am wrong for believing that most of that list is rubbish. Beliefs are beliefs. I personally feel pulled to say out loud much of what I KNOW everyone is thinking quietly in their little heads. I would like to live my life, when brave enough, acknowledging the pink elephants in the room. I offer my personal feelings and experiences up to the world so that one person might feel less shame or isolation. I'm learning to do this while practicing the gentle art of keeping the privacy of others in tact, which isn't always easy. I fall in love, I talk about the fears and dreams that go along with that complex human journey. I fall out of love, I speak about the confusion and pain that accompanies such a change. I lose myself, I find myself and I attempt to be emotionally transparent because, I believe, that is why we are all here in the first place.
In light of this soap box sing along, I have stolen time away from my hectic pre-europe schedule to work on my site. A new PHOTO GALLERY, a new KONKIN POEM, a new list of FINDS and, since you all seemed to hate my Intentions for 2007 Konkin Question, a new KONKIN QUESTION on a topic that I am sure you will find much more stimulating. I have even updated my quotes which you will, as always, find scattered throughout the site on the sidebar.
Tomorrow I am being taken for the first ski lesson I have ever had...since I refuse to count what happened to me when I was nine years old as a lesson. It was more of a 'being viciously shoved down a mountain by my unsympathetic aunts while I screamed bloody murder and toppled head over heel to the bottom' kind of experience. I pray that tomorrow will change my mind about the ever popular activity known as downhill skiing.
Not that you need to worry, because I will be sure to tell you all about it.
Ah heck, well enough is sick of hanging out all alone all the time anyway.
It makes me laugh sometimes, the things people say to me about my website and, most specifically, this blog. I am constantly questioned as to why I continue to Live Out Loud and share my personal life with a world of strangers. It is all based on beliefs, I suppose. Beliefs like: secrets make things sacred, privacy is priority, saying that good things are happening to you will jinx them, there are cetain things that are best left unsaid, the boat should not be rocked and if you aren't careful you won't be able to leave well enough alone. I am not saying that people are wrong for believing any of these things, nor am I saying that I am wrong for believing that most of that list is rubbish. Beliefs are beliefs. I personally feel pulled to say out loud much of what I KNOW everyone is thinking quietly in their little heads. I would like to live my life, when brave enough, acknowledging the pink elephants in the room. I offer my personal feelings and experiences up to the world so that one person might feel less shame or isolation. I'm learning to do this while practicing the gentle art of keeping the privacy of others in tact, which isn't always easy. I fall in love, I talk about the fears and dreams that go along with that complex human journey. I fall out of love, I speak about the confusion and pain that accompanies such a change. I lose myself, I find myself and I attempt to be emotionally transparent because, I believe, that is why we are all here in the first place.
In light of this soap box sing along, I have stolen time away from my hectic pre-europe schedule to work on my site. A new PHOTO GALLERY, a new KONKIN POEM, a new list of FINDS and, since you all seemed to hate my Intentions for 2007 Konkin Question, a new KONKIN QUESTION on a topic that I am sure you will find much more stimulating. I have even updated my quotes which you will, as always, find scattered throughout the site on the sidebar.
Tomorrow I am being taken for the first ski lesson I have ever had...since I refuse to count what happened to me when I was nine years old as a lesson. It was more of a 'being viciously shoved down a mountain by my unsympathetic aunts while I screamed bloody murder and toppled head over heel to the bottom' kind of experience. I pray that tomorrow will change my mind about the ever popular activity known as downhill skiing.
Not that you need to worry, because I will be sure to tell you all about it.
Ah heck, well enough is sick of hanging out all alone all the time anyway.
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