"WE ARE BORN"

The word "past" is a great word for encompassing exactly what our pasts are, very real but since then more has happened and more will happen. Even abstract and non-human entities have "pasts," like Bucket in The Garage here. Fortunately, more has happened indeed and, after having rejected it for a year, BTG has been revived into something new, more relevant, and personal. BTG is truly my web log.

But even with a new coat of coding, "blogs" for me still carries the annoying association with teenagers ranting about friends, opinionated women about their lovers and bad dinners, and gay men dwelling pensively (or not) on all three. I hope to avoid this. I aim for commentary about the art that other create, dance that others make, people I meet, and moments when I meet myself. As things would have it, all this will probably be synthesized into rants about friends, lovers, and bad dinners, but the point is BTG is not a "blog"; it is one letter of life. And there are thousands more. Let's just say, then, that this will "suffice".

Since we are putting words in quotes, how about we quote "conviction".

“He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” Louisa May Alcott 

Conviction is one of those words that seem to be used most often by people who actually have it. For example, you cannot tell me that Louisa May Alcott does not have conviction. Sure she didn't think very highly of her "Little Women" but damnit Alcott had enough conviction to write a 900 page novel and three sequels ("Good Wives," "Little Men," "Jo's Boys"). For some people, this is a very feasible task-- I can think of some now. But if trudging through over a thousand pages of this is what it takes to have conviction, then I am unfortunately ousted from the club.

Regardless, making this Ode to Life (Ode = more or less a letter) takes conviction, which I have. But, to make the whole thing feel a little more complete, just Clap Your Hands. Sia will like that. She will like it very much.


written with conviction,
rossi