Monday, June 22, 2009

Jacob's Well





It's one of my favorite places in the world: a cool hidden pool underneath the shade of the cottonwoods, surrounded by grassland and a buffalo herd. The sky feels like it is a part of you.

Monday, June 01, 2009

a link to an article complaining of blogs.

An article on blogs versus poetry which has to be linked on a blog.

What is the importance of connectedness? There are days when Facebook and blogging make me feel more connected to humanity and there are days when they make me feel a wide gulf between myself and everyone else. They are valuable for both of those feelings. Yes,this thought is merely a first draft from someone whose thoughts are only valuable to a few. (makes me sound a little bit angry about the article. I'm not. Most of what she says is true, but we assign our own value to things. So in that, she can't possibly quantify the value of either medium for me, and it is for me.)

On the other hand, it's great to express yourself through poetry, your own and others. It's true that there are feelings and events that need expression that won't find it outside of the poetic. So, maybe if you share poetry through blogs and Facebook, you connect on a higher level.

Connections are what they are. Sometimes we wish they were more, sometimes we wish they were less.