Strange day

Today is supposed to be the day we DON'T blog - those of us involved with blog365. Today is our 'day off'. So I thought to myself, "Well, today at least, I won't have to do a Friday Haiku." And I felt that was good - 'cause I didn't have one ready, or even an idea for one, anyway. So being able to skip today started to look like a good thing, because there's little worse that a Haiku you just throw together at the spur of the moment with little or no inspiration. But then I realized that that's how I write in the first place. Oh, well then, I'd better not talk about that particular subject, eh? Well, how about a little introspection. Because there's nothing like a day off to give you an opportunity to look back at what you've been doing.

Introspection.

I made a realization yesterday, while replying to a comment made by Siobhan at "ABritDifferent". By the way, if you haven't heard her audio 'Word of the Week', where, in her wee soft voice with it's lovely lilting Scottish brogue, she gives the meaning of various and sundry words and phrases unique in their usage in spoken Scot's English, then you've missed a real treat. Anyway, while replying to her comment, I came to realize that I had never fully realized my pacifism until I started to blog. I certainly had never given it voice. No, it wasn't until I actually blogged it and 'spoke it aloud', if you will, that I fully knew just where I stood. And now that I stand there, I am proud to be there. Even if I'm alone. Which, by the way, I know I am not. So, like Lotus, I'm going to take life one pacifist at a time.

That is the worst joke and the worst case of outright plagiarism I have ever done.

Anyway, what gave all of this life, for me, was Art. Or, at least, my desire to create a record of my efforts as a fledgling artist. So this blog and my other blog, New At Art, came into being as I started down that path. This blog has strayed a bit. Just a bit, mind you. I still bring Art into play here, but more often than not it winds up being about more mundane and every thoughts and other stuff. And speaking of Art, sometime, when you have naught better to do, check out Lisa Gloria and make sure you look at her blog, where she details work in progress. She is an amazing artist. I love her work.