"Seeing the Rock aesthetically, or hearing a wonderful piece of music, or experiencing a fine play is more than becoming aware of it's qualities. It is a way of being moved, of finding out something about our own capacity to be moved; it is a way of exploring the deepest parts of our interior landscape. In its best moments it is a way of experiencing joy."
The Arts and the Creation of the Mind
Elliot W. Eisner

You know that feeling when you finally let yourself cry? When all the pain and torment rumbling in your head finally breaks and you allow yourself, for a moment to feel all the frustration. The voice in your head stops talking to you and you just cry. Sometimes it is the only conclusion, the only option, the only answer. For that moment time stops and you feel complete surrender. That perfect moment before you realize you're feeling sorry for yourself. When you have finally given yourself per... read more

It's my birthday!!!!!
OK everybody sing,
Ha ppy birth day to me....

RULES - Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. In the end you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.

I grew up in complete dysfunction and still love my family. HA HA
Left home when I was 14, tried at 9 but got picked up by the cop’s b/c I was asking for spare change at a gas station in the middle of the night. I frequented runaway shelters, government runned institutions, squats... read more