============================================================================= Date: Oct. 08, 2019 Location: In the Reeds Mood: A Cleansing Stillness Music: Harold Budd & Brian Eno - The Pearl ============================================================================= It's been hard to find the words to say lately. You don't realize just how monotonous and ritualistic some weeks are until you're left with nothing new to share. But things are looking up. Looking fresh. The fall leaves are finally beginning to change in a more dramatic and noticeable way. It's been raining the past few days and everything still has this somber wet feeling, even now after the clouds have all gone. My grandmother is going home after quite the health scare earlier last month. She's being released on Thursday. I wish I didn't have to work while she makes her way back. I worry about how she'll be once she's home again. When I visited her during her recovery she still seemed very weak. But I know my grandfather will take very good care of her once she's safely back in her house. As much as I've been enjoying the simplicity and content-oriented nature of gopherspace and the phlogosphere, my mind has been returning to my time doing basic web development. My father has been making more artwork recently, and instead of working in acrylics, oils, or even watercolors, he's been working digitally on his phone. He's talked with me about creating a website to host his work, perhaps even some kind of store for it. But I think overall he wants the site to function as a piece of art in and of itself. And the experimental, meta-creative side of me really loves that idea. I think working on something like that with him would be really great, but I also want to make sure I don't abandon my other creative projects, including this site I've begun populating here in gopherspace. There's a lot on my plate already, including the looming possibility of an internship this coming summer in New York City. But for the time being I feel my days will remain much the same this month. Progress moves slowly this time of year. And just as slowly I am learning to relish the stillness between movements.