Blog Manifesto

Blog Manifesto


This blog is dedicated, as the title would suggest, to the qualities of being young. We are young writers. We are playful and sensitive, fluid and changing. We are unashamed with our art. We wonder at the world, puzzle over the meanings of things and twirl in delight at images and ideas that float by, grabbing at them as they pass. We are curious and constantly inquiring and prying concepts open and taking assumptions apart. We are on the ground, close to the earth. We have bare feet and wiggle our toes into nature. We carry our blankies still and wrap up cozy and comfy with each other and tell ghost stories and shiver at creepy things. We laugh and we cry and we take a lot of naps, drained from our outings and exertions.

We write as gifts to each other, tying them up in ribbon and leaving them around for each other to find, hiding and waiting for the person to wake up and read. Surprise! We weave our stories together to create a bond. One writes, then the other. then another again. We have a shared reality that we have crafted, bit by piece by patch, by string. We write simple, honest authentic things, with our unique voices. You can tell each one of us from the other, without knowing who wrote what. Our voices are clear and gentle and original. We whisper and our personalities roar! Like children, our feelings are strong, our passion for what we write shakes us. We are moved and sometimes left breathless, by our own words or the words of each other. We cannonball into each others spaces. We fall backward into each others writing, like into a pile of leaves or a soft bed. We gobble and grin and ask for more. (footnote kudos to JC)

Then we go to bed, wake up to a new day and do it all over again!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

gift

closes my eyes.
blank.
receives whatever comes.

the word gift encompasses so much meaning for me.
the people who pass through my life.. all gifts.
the ones who stay, are the most precious.

closes my eyes.
blank again.
receiving........

i have been given many incredible gifts
i am blessed
a good upbringing
parents who supported me when i wanted to be a .. gulp .. musician
talent

a voice

some of the greatest gifts have been the people in my life
the ones who stay
they are few
the ones who share knowledge and spirit i cherish most.. my teachers in life.. those who trust that the knowledge and wisdom and craft imparted will be honored and respected and loved when given over.. and so willingly.. this, i do not take lightly. 

i am blessed
i have received much in my life
many many many gifts

the most rewarding of all
giving


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