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 7, 2012

forget it..


i am so good at focusing.  on other people.  on my profession.  on tasks like writing.. 


in singing.. a focused tone buzzes in the air.. takes on a life all its own.. projects effortlessly.. and has precision and resonance and clarity.  in order to focus.. you need a focal point (like the railroad tracks) and the great thing about focal points is.. they create focus and release tension all at once.

that is the kind of focus i excel at..

creating that concentrated sound every time i open my mouth to sing

if only i could create that kind of resonance in my life
i lack focus
my brain is mush
i have mundane normal goals.. and i am able to focus to accomplish them. 
but i lack a focal point in my life. 

i tell people i always wanted to be a comedian.  but i never pursued it, because i cant tell a joke to save my life.  it's true.  i screw up the punch line or i just forget it.  its really sad!  cant tell a story either.  i go in circles and stutter and beat around the bush and mumble and take forever to get to the point.  the POINT.  i cannot focus when put on the spot.  tell us a joke jc.. or make up a limerick jc.. yeah not ever gonna happen. 

give me some sheet music and a melody  and i will show you focus

give me a laptop, 20 minutes, and a theme  and i will try and show you focus

otherwise.. forget it haha


 

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