AND SO IT BEGINS
This site is born at the urging of a friend who, in a master stroke of self preservation, has decided I have too much time on my hands and need a broader outlet for my mindless meandering than her inbox will accommodate. You know who you are. :-P
Aside from being another way to keep in touch with clever friends, it is also possible that this site is born simply of the need for another audience to provide witness to my life. It is, at the very least, an acknowledgement that some of the most special relationships in my life exist in spaces “off the map”. They took on life in a space that transcends physical presence, and are therefore creative in the ways they find to stay connected. They live and breathe on their own terms; in some ways more intimate and daring than those influenced by interpreted expression and body language. I also like to believe that they are somewhat untouchable by events that might change them if they were born and raised in the physical world.
(Like moving my life four squares over on the US chess board. My local friends are staggering with the implication of such a move, but those who live with me here in words and snapshots are unphased. I need the steady image of heads nodding in unison as I reel off all the reasons such a move is, of course, THE thing to do. Not the horror in eyes of people who doubt I have a clue. My digital world is a much softer place than my real world, I think.)
Perhaps it is the very thought that some of my life will remain intact, completely unchanged by such an upheaval, that make these connections so powerful. This space is another way to connect and honor the ties to those that are not affected by the detours in the road. I can also dare to hope it will help heal those that are affected most.
Perhaps this is a way to build something that will not need to be dismantled, something not tied to a time and place.
Perhaps it’s simply a hiding place.
And perhaps it’s just another way to clog K’s inbox.
Aside from being another way to keep in touch with clever friends, it is also possible that this site is born simply of the need for another audience to provide witness to my life. It is, at the very least, an acknowledgement that some of the most special relationships in my life exist in spaces “off the map”. They took on life in a space that transcends physical presence, and are therefore creative in the ways they find to stay connected. They live and breathe on their own terms; in some ways more intimate and daring than those influenced by interpreted expression and body language. I also like to believe that they are somewhat untouchable by events that might change them if they were born and raised in the physical world.
(Like moving my life four squares over on the US chess board. My local friends are staggering with the implication of such a move, but those who live with me here in words and snapshots are unphased. I need the steady image of heads nodding in unison as I reel off all the reasons such a move is, of course, THE thing to do. Not the horror in eyes of people who doubt I have a clue. My digital world is a much softer place than my real world, I think.)
Perhaps it is the very thought that some of my life will remain intact, completely unchanged by such an upheaval, that make these connections so powerful. This space is another way to connect and honor the ties to those that are not affected by the detours in the road. I can also dare to hope it will help heal those that are affected most.
Perhaps this is a way to build something that will not need to be dismantled, something not tied to a time and place.
Perhaps it’s simply a hiding place.
And perhaps it’s just another way to clog K’s inbox.
posted by valda at 6:06 PM
4 Comments:
Hee. I completely rock. No, wait, I mean YOU do. I get those confused sometimes. :P
interchangeable, most days...
I don't see anything at all with moving 4 squares over. Of course, I tend to move, horizontally, from one edge to the other, so I may not be the best person to look to for encouragement.
Great start on the blog!
Actually, it probably makes you a really GOOD person for encouragement. It's the people that have never left home that are giving me fits. ;-)
thanks!
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