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Monday, June 11, 2007
Winged Musing and my thoughts
Just back from work I’m settling down, stretching my legs, catching up with the internet and my two cats. Reading a very nice entry of Brenda (dragonfly) at Winged Musing, I can’t resist but write a few words to comment. In the end, I think it a wast to loose the comment in the abyss of time and the ever changing web, for this reason her a copy/paste of my own words on her blog:
Several times in my life I have stripped myself of all my possessions when I moved… except the most personal ones, a suitcase of clothes, some personal paintings, my diary books, photos - but all else went, complete kitchens, books including huge collections of art books and books full of memory and beauty, and furniture and clothes and whatnot.
I have moved about 25 times in my life, and several times not only from city to city but to different countries and even from Europe to the USA.
Does it change a lot? Not really. One just begins again to accumulate, which is fun as long as it’s a game and I do not get attached to much.
But there have been times when I left all behind only to regret it for, and even after 25 years I am still aware of how rash it was, reactions of a moment, trying to escape pains and sorrow but with these forced changes I left unfinished paintings back which were or good quality and part of the mark(s) I made in this world and other personally attached things.
Over the years I think I have come to understand the fine balance of just ‘things’ and ‘things into which I’ve woven my universe’.
Being able to freely have (and not ‘must have’) is a wonderful thing of reaching and sharing space with a thing and the environment.
Being driven by consumerism is stressful.
As long as you know you are not the thing, but that you are the one who puts meaning and beauty (or not) into things, it remains a wonderous and beautiful… thing.
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I may leave this on ‘the other side’ as well, as I’m not sure if my comments truly fly to their destination!
Is it possible to conjugate a noun? Then, you certainly have, here in this tapestry of your comment, dissecting the nature of ‘thing(s)’.
The “fine balance of just ‘things’ and ‘things into which I’ve woven my universe’” is a brilliant concept…distinction…inspiration. I’ll chant that with my breath as I continue - over the remaining 33 days - to attempt to leap mountains in single bounds to gain the goal of a giant move.
Gratefully………….
Comment by Brenda — Tuesday, June 19, 2007 #