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!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

boundaries

i realize i kinda suck at setting boundaries.  at least until recently.

hm.. no, this is not accurate.
i do set boundaries..
and clear ones in necessary situations..
i just havent guarded them like i should.
lack of self-awareness..  self-respect.. self-esteem!! wtf!!! that's not me!!

but i respect other people's boundaries.. to the point of excess. 
im not one to impose.

thats lopsided
and unhealthy
passive?  wtf!!

its kept me from developing friendships at times.

i realize my friends.. are people who ventured into my territory..
not the other way around... hm.. never..

this troubles me.

tomorrow is a new day.  tomorrow i am going to be assertive and start a conversation with a complete stranger. 
tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow i will try making friends with people who strike my interest.

so the last few days i set some boundaries i wasnt willing to leave unguarded.  and i have learned a valuable lesson.  i have grown. 

*looks around and notices a little less dust..

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