Blogging Changes Everything

Since accepting my assignment as guest host on circuslunch, my days have appeared a bit different to me. I have allowed my mind to wander, noticing and languishing on the small parts of the day: The terse, guarded words exchanged between the couple behind me at the bakery, the length of traffic lights on the freeway entrances, the panty lines of the woman at the paint store, the smell of Clementine oranges under my finger nails, the sun moving across the dinning of room wall, the dry cracked knuckles of the hand I am holding—the shape of things and movements of life. Blogging is a bit like a breathing exercise. As you breathe in you suddenly become aware of the things that you normally take for granted. The most transparent things—time and air—become primary. Your chest fills with air and you count the moments until you take your next breath. You become very present. Connected with your body and the small space you occupy in the world. And in the exhaling, as in the writing, there is a rush. Time seems to accelerate for a few brief moments and the world is more vivid–revealing the nature of things rather than just the surface of them. You are pulled into the experience of simply living again. Maybe even living better.

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