Been away
Hello, friends. Happy Thanksgiving. It has been about three months since I last posted here. In those three months a lot has gone down in my life. Right now I don't know how to begin to get caught up narrating any of it for you. I've been through a lot of change. Been taken this way and that by changes. Reached a point where I need to catch my breath, reassess, retool, and heal.
I am currently reading the Earthseed duology by Octavia Butler: I finished Parable of the Sower and am currently in the middle of Parable of the Talents. It's hard reading because of all the grim and gruesome parts, and yet terribly inspiring as it shows the human spirit prevailing through adversity. A young African-American woman rebuilds the shattered lives of herself and many others by founding a motley community around the religious philosophy she develops called Earthseed, and leading them to a better future she envisions for the human race. I am moved to quote from it because my life has been through so much change lately, by way of apology for not going into all the details, and to summarize what does it all mean...
from EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
By Lauren Oya Olamina
All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
God
Is Change.
***
Here we are-
Energy,
Mass,
Life,
Shaping life,
Mind,
Shaping Mind,
God,
Shaping God.
Consider-
We are born
Not with purpose,
But with potential.
I got started on this Octavia Butler kick after reading Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, edited by Justine Larbalestier. Which was all a great read and terrifically eye-opening. Next up on my Octavia Butler reading list is Seed to Harvest.
I am currently reading the Earthseed duology by Octavia Butler: I finished Parable of the Sower and am currently in the middle of Parable of the Talents. It's hard reading because of all the grim and gruesome parts, and yet terribly inspiring as it shows the human spirit prevailing through adversity. A young African-American woman rebuilds the shattered lives of herself and many others by founding a motley community around the religious philosophy she develops called Earthseed, and leading them to a better future she envisions for the human race. I am moved to quote from it because my life has been through so much change lately, by way of apology for not going into all the details, and to summarize what does it all mean...
from EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
By Lauren Oya Olamina
All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
God
Is Change.
***
Here we are-
Energy,
Mass,
Life,
Shaping life,
Mind,
Shaping Mind,
God,
Shaping God.
Consider-
We are born
Not with purpose,
But with potential.
I got started on this Octavia Butler kick after reading Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, edited by Justine Larbalestier. Which was all a great read and terrifically eye-opening. Next up on my Octavia Butler reading list is Seed to Harvest.