So I'm re-configuring here. Because who am I kidding . . . this hasn't been a "regular" blog (whatever that means!) for a long, long time, and I might as well stop pretending it is.
I'm re-envisioning this site as more of an "online presence," a kind of collage of elements related to my life and my identity that can evolve as I do. The writing will probably be limited to a kind of monthly or bi-monthly "Postcard from my Life." But I'm thinking I'll add links and pictures and other stuff on an ongoing basis, with the intent of creating a more multi-dimensional symbol of myself.
For me, maintaining a website has always been a kind of magical act. A website is a little universe that you get to create and maintain and contemplate and rule over. It functions kind of like the Dreamtime or the Astral Plane . . . as a "rough draft" for reality. You can try out just about anything in this little digital place, you can be just about anyone. If you don't like what you have created, you trash the files, and no harm is done. If you look at your creation and say, "It is good!" . . . well, then it gets to burn here like a little perpetual candle, phosphorescing its mojo out into the universe 24/7. Before you know it, the things you created here begin to work their way into the rest of your life.
When I needed to find my voice, writing a blog was a powerful way to start. When I needed to connect to other people, friendships in cyberspace helped me to develop friendships in real life. When I felt powerless or hopeless, I could always come here to vent my opinions, bemoan my fate, or just get stuff off my chest. Then I would begin to feel whole and strong again.
I will still use this place to find my voice and connect with people and vent. But I really want to create a bigger, more complete reflection of me, one which includes more than just my words and my thoughts.
I'm excited to find out what it will be like!
Quick note . . . due to the heartbreaking epidemic of comment spam (I just deleted 19,500 spam comments from this blog and that is not an exaggeration), I am shutting down comments here. If anyone wants to reach me, by all means, shoot me an e-mail at:
williamted (at) att (dot) net
I am feeling an itching to start "blogging" again, but as much as I love this space, I will need to do it somehwere else, through some other platform . . . where comments can be enabled without fear of infestation.
I'll post a note when I get it up and running.