Originally published at Lane Ellen. You can comment here or there.

This weekend, I spent a lot of time running around preparing for several upcoming events. Like most people who have many interests, I managed to overschedule myself so that I am preparing for many things, all at once, and have soaring expectations for each one of those events.

So ( Read more... )

Originally published at Lane Ellen. You can comment here or there.

I was running at the gym last week and thinking to myself.  The thought that came to me was, “I need to carve out time for myself like this all the time.  This is MY time, time for ME.”

And then I nearly fell off the treadmill with a realization.

What part of my calendar isn’t “my ( Read more... )

Originally published at Exponential. You can comment here or there.

Ok, that was a geek reference if ever there was one.  However, I couldn’t get it out of my head, so that’s the title.

I did something finally that I hadn’t ever done before, but always had been talking about.  I performed bellydance solo.  Not as a solo in part with other dancers, ( Read more... )

Originally published at Exponential Nothingness. You can comment here or there.

[ Upon returning to the blogosphere, I find I had this post in my unfinished posts section.  Reading it months later, I’m posting it as is.  It represents a time, a place…and to try and alter it now would not do it the justice of the expression of that moment.  And to be ( Read more... )

Originally published at Exponential Nothingness. You can comment here or there.

“I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all.  If there’s one thing that’s dangerous for an artist, it’s precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all ( Read more... )