So, once again, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here. It’s not that I haven’t thought about it. It’s just that I’ve been engaged in the process of building websites for several weeks now and just haven’t been feeling the need to post stuff on this after spending all day in the back end of WordPress sites. But, after taking a look today I guess I am feeling some of the compulsion that drives my writing in this forum. And I think it’s because I have some visions for the future of this site that will bring it along quite a ways from its humble beginnings, and I hope that change will be not too far off in the future.
In short, I intend to re-shape this site into a site that features my visual art in addition to all these other things I apparently consider worth posting for whoever visits here to see. Finding the pathways to utilize my talents and follow my interests has been the primary focus of my thoughts for many moons, and without question the medium of visual art has always held a prominent place in that search. So perhaps it’s just coincidence, but the skills I have been gaining by building websites have directly affected my artistic currents. I can often gauge the onset of artistic activity in my mind by some of the wide swings in my sleep patterns. And that’s definitely been happening lately. So… guess we’ll see where it goes. Always an adventure.
Creating this site has been a sincere opening for me. It’s been a conduit for discovery of my own hopes for utilizing my talents in their “highest and best use.” All I can say is that sometimes it’s a long journey to find that. But somehow that very journey is what feeds your passion and your understanding and your very ability to express something in an artistic form that maybe has a chance of capturing and, dare I say, addressing the emotions such long journeys can cultivate. Indeed, that’s where the art of the long road has its own unique connection with those who choose to engage.
With that in mind, give this a listen for a few:
Sometimes these songs just come along at the right moments. And as music has its own way of carrying me in particular, even in this seemingly contemplative moment I feel some of the original Fleetwood Mac comin’ on:
About this great British blues player, the great B.B. King was once quoted as saying Peter had “more talent in his little toe than I have in my whole body.”
So, here’s to talent. Finding it within yourself and taking it to its highest levels.