And my life, too, is a work in progress, a hard-loved object I am constantly shining up. Honestly, I've been sloughing off dead layers for the past few years, trying to get to the core, that still-golden under layer waiting to be revealed. FB was a layer of crud for me (like broadcast TV before it, like shopping for "fun")--and it's gone! It took a long time for me to realize that a goodly portion of the noise and crowdedness in my head that had been building up was coming from FB, a place of so many voices always clamoring (many of them beloved, saying lovely things) that I was struggling again to hear my own voice, to even recognize it. I'm shooting for slow relationships with those who will still have me--handwritten letters, phone calls, yes--email. (My sister, on the phone last night, said, "I just emailed you like it's 1995.") This is going long again--I feel like I have more to say, and maybe we can have more dialogue about this issue? For now, suffice it to say I have staked out for myself a bit more silence and space, rescued a bit more brain. It's good.
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I've read your whole blog, I'm a big fan of your work. Stating the obvious - you are very talented!
I just had to say though. I'm really glad the doggie doesn't have a spider instead of a nose though. That was worrying me! :D
Greetings from chilly Scotland.
Cheers,
AJ
Ha! It did look a little like a spider, didn't it?! Crisis averted! :-)
Glad you found me, AJ, and thanks for the kind words.
Interesting to hear that you are giving up Facebook! Good for you. I too have chosen to be picky about how much online presence I have, and enjoy the more contemplative activities. I actually think we are seeing more interest in handcraft BECAUSE of all the technology, and we are finding enjoyment in slower activities
I agree, Kay. I think it's akin to the return to gardening/canning/raising chickens--we want to be reminded what it's like to do things in the "real" world.
Yesss, slowing down is good. I still have my FB account, but I hardly do anything with it. Ever since I moved abroad I find myself talking on the phone a lot and normally I hate talking on the phone! I would love it if people would write me letters. I used to have several good penpals (for decades!) but it's been hard to keep it up in the last 5 years.
My experience with penpals has been that they wax and wane. I do have one, though, who is ever faithful, and it's always so nice to get her letters--and to take that 20 minutes or so to really reflect and write when I respond. Lovely.
Love and adore the doggie and the kitties and the flowers and the house. And I miss you on FB something fierce.
Not a pressure to return, by the way, just stating the facts, ma'am.
Hugs and love--
Thank you, Ms. Monica--and I miss you, too!
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