Autumn

Hello and how in the world did it get to be October without me posting a single thing? Its very awful, and I am sorry. But not all is lost, I've been painting a lot and knitting, oh and going to college. Having Eric in another state, a lot of time has been dedicated to traveling during the weekends but this also comes as a welcome change from campus life. Travel has always made me happy, the long stretches of road and the trees passing by effortlessly. Its like a silent parade, especially with this autumn light that seems to bring a new sharpness to the world, as though it were fall and not spring that harkened the beginning of new life. It is this time of year that I find the most distracting and yet it is also the time where I create the most.



During this writing break I have changed my mind about going into psychology, there was always something unnatural in it for me, and a certain desperation surrounded the field in my mind. So, no more of that and on to brighter and more natural things. For now I've made up my mind to go into literature and perhaps write someday but most likely teach as a professor. Stories come naturally to me and writing seems the completion of all the images that fly through my head on a daily basis. It complements the visual side of my mind, to the point that after writing I see the world fresh again, full again, of meaning and brilliance. Which reminds me, if you have not read The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire, you must. It is stunning!



I will end with a quick note about the pictures, the second is me playing with my watercolors on an old envelope and the third is a pumpkin growing in Eric's yard. When the sun has been on it all day I just want to lay on it, the heat makes it feel as though it is teeming with life under its hard glowing shell. But enough about my strange pumpkin fixation, I hope to have many more posts in the future, see you soon!