I find it interesting how one idea leads to another. It's the most obscure thing. You can be enjoying yourself in that present moment, thinking about the food you're eating...and then POW - you find yourself thinking about how this faded blue and yellow see-saw (that your brother snabbed and placed in the backyard) can be seen as a man with triangular arms.
He is a poor see-saw man under bondage of adhesive tape and has to satisfied with what his arms and by inference, his hands can or cannot do.
In fact, I should be thanking my brothers girlfriends camera (because ours produces really grainy shots) and
rollip for giving this man a handsome vintage feel. We are pretty blessed to be in so close contact to multiple multimedia mediums - and although, if we obsess, there lies a danger in them isolating us from nature and the world, often they present us with an opportunity to see things or project things different to the way they originally look or have been percieved.
You see, I've had HUGE troubles maintaining this blog. I've actually kept one since 2008 but didn't really progress with it. I think the reason for this lack of motivation was that keeping a blog assumes you take on an online personality. I, ofcourse did not really want to commit to ANOTHER side of myself when I was already dealing with other self-induced problems.
However, NOW, I think I can make it work. I can make it fun. I think it's a great way to report on the sides of the self that often get left behind in daily activity. A move to the blogosphere will also (hopefully) lessen the amount of diaries I buy and never use. So, for me, it's advantageously sustainable, which is one reason to love blogging.
In fear of rambling and letting too much of my time be eaten up (impending assignment awaits), I want to end by quickly introducing my blog.
I thought a major part of it would be characterised around the thoughts and feelings I have towards our city and those who live in it. It's a jerky ride because you never know what BIZZARE, UNEXPECTED, EXCITING idea, person, event will be thrown you're way when you start opening your eyes to the experience. I also want to start to think about the catergories of the poor and the rich, and start to understand what boundaries exist for each, and those that exist between them. This blog is also motivated to filter and charge creative, intellectual and whimsical ideas about how I beat poverty.com, a site I'm keen to work on with a leader from church.
On that note, I'll leave with another photo of a man we probably ignore too often. But how silly that we do so! He is, by far, a very original and charming fellow.
