spyderwulf313

So, it's been awhile. I'm not going to wax poetic or try to fill in the space as to why, it just has been. But, recently with some help I've made some realizations. I've known for a while now I've had my battles with anxiety and depression. Maybe more so than I realize myself. In the past I found writing, photography and art helped me. They helped me get things out, to share what I thought was beautiful, or needed to be said, or get out a story, even if it was only for myself. Somewhere along the line I dropped that. Now I think, perhaps my younger self was more wise than I knew. So, here I am. I'm not going to say I'm going to create masterpieces here. I know better. But, there are things I need to express, and stories to tell. I'm hoping that this will not only help me, but maybe someone else reading or looking, who also needs to see this in the world. So, I'm back, as the muse, spirit, or ancestors move me with something to say or show.

It occurs to me that now I have a question answered I've wondered about since hearing the phrase in one of my favorite podcasts.  What is it like to be living when huge history happens?  Increasingly I think one of those times is now.  Everyday I see a shifting paradigm in science, technology, our society, government,  in how wars are fought and in the perception of just what normal is.  In light of this,  I and everyone should remember the words of Morpheus in the Matrix.  Like the movie or not, freeing our minds is what we need to do.  Think and create without limits and above all, never stop questioning.  

To all the veterans who may be on dA and anywhere else.  All of you have or have taken the risk of making the ultimate sacrifice in the worst man created hells imaginable so the rest of us can get drunk, act like idiots and most of all celebrate the fact THAT WE CAN.  From the bottom of my heart I thank you.  Happy Independence Day.