I am fascinated with communication. On the surface talking to another person or people seems like such a simple thing, but it can be really difficult to understand what people mean sometimes. It is also often very hard to express what I intend sometimes…this is something I struggle with and more often than I’d care to admit I find myself in arguments or misunderstandings when my intention was not to fight or stir up conflict in any way. That said, I think any time I learn something productivity has occurred and I always learn something in these conflicts. It helps me to improve how I communicate when I know why someone would take my words in a different way than I intended. Language is a big fascination of mine, particularly I’m strongly interested in learning how to clearly express what I mean and also my intentions,. I try to be mindful of the words I choose.
July, 2009
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Jul 09
A Beginning
Personal growth has been a big passion of mine for many years. It’s a journey, really, with no set ending as far as I can see because there is so much I need to learn about myself, about other people, about how to be a good person in this world, among other things, that it seems I will be always learning and growing to the end of my days.
At one point I had a positivity blog set up then I merged it with my creativity blog Seed & Flame…I decided to start a separate blog for/about my zine project Positive Emergence because this topic needs to be shouted from the rooftops! There is so much negativity out there in the world, so much hatred and anger and pain and misery. From the news to the media to movies and more, everyone and everything seemd to be focused on exuding snarkiness, meannes, even downright filth and horror. It can seem so overwhelming but I truly believe that most people want to do and be good. Most people want to live positive, clean, beautiful lives.
So I decided to share my journey with the world. Come along with me…yes?
