The most enduring image from the series Genesis: A Living Conversation is the image of the trapeze artist. While discussing faith and the story of Jacob, Roberta Hestenes mentions the image of the trapeze artist and how it informed her sense of faith. She said faith is not the fairly safe climb up the ladder or even the precarious swinging. It is when the moment comes to release from the safety and security of the swing and being willing, gutsy, and courageous enough to let go and take the hand of your partner on the other side.
This blog thing is a bit overwhelming, especially within the terms I've set. It is a cute little paradox too. A blog, by its very nature (given the time we live in) is daily and organic. The topics I've chosen to write about, on the other hand, require a lot of research. And given my procrastinatory nature, this could take months ;) Hence, the paradox: a blog languishing in research! Many times I've wanted to write something and have talked myself out of it because it doesn't fit the stated criteria. This is absurd! And it can no longer continue.
The best part of a blog is the dailiness of it and the willingness to be prolific! I do not want to create an online dairy but I do want to have a storehouse of thought. A narrative of my life even; I can't do that if I focus the blog so much that it misses large portions of my life. So this is me today, trying to find a voice in the bloggosphere. Trying to traverse the worlds of history and music and drumming to find a unified voice. My personal unified field theory.
This is where I let go of the swing ready to catch the hands of my readers.
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