Has anyone noticed that the new rallying cry is “renegade!”?
This morning, after going to bed way too early last night, I read several blogs and all of them are essentially about the same thing: breaking away from the same old, same old. Ironically, in their mass message they are at risk of becoming the “same old, same old!”
Still, in their message I have been reminded of my own youth, when the non-conformist was called anti-establishment (bells, lights, and whistles should be going off now for anyone over the age of 45). Somewhere along the line I (and many others of my generation) seem to have misplaced their place in the sun and settled for being nestled and lost in the shade.
I’m not happy in the shade any more and I really hunger for the warmth of the sun so I’m going to follow the pull on my heartstrings. I’m going to do what I do the way I do it and not worry so much about the way others do it. There’s room for everyone and no two have the same voice or vision. It’s now time for my vision to shine and it’s just pretty damned difficult to shine in the shade.
I’ve been working on some new design projects and will get them into my portfolio (yes, I’ve got one although I’ve succumbed to my apathy and ignored updating it in a long time). I’m also going to be writing more on my writing blog glossings.
