Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Connections

The blogging world has opened up many windows of opportunity for me, and not only for my jewelry. I have found a world of connections with fellow artists and bloggers—all whom share parts of their lives quite generously. In the past few weeks, the depth of those connections have revealed themselves in interesting ways.

I have been reading voraciously lately, steadily working through the stack of books on my nightstand. A few weeks ago, I was reading Day After Night, by Anita Diamant. As I read the line, "Now get me a syringe, won't you dear? she said, taking a small orange out of her string bag," I immediately felt a sense of deep-rooted history and cross-cultural kinship. What a beautiful coincidence that I have been participating in string-a-long 2010, making string bags along with women from all over. My reading of that book also corresponded with Susie's trip to Israel, which she blogged about while there. Her photos and stories from her visit are amazing, and helped me to create vivid pictures in my mind as I read the story of the detainee camp, Atlit.

Last night, while reading Beloved, by Toni Morrison, I stopped short when I read this line, "It's when you bump into a rememory that belongs to somebody else." Rememory! Comes delightfully close to my daughter's word remembery (of Remembery Capsule fame). I love knowing that people have melded words together to make a perfect definition for generations.

So much is intertwined. Time and distance dissolve. The lines between my life, family, and friends is blurred by connections with folks from other areas and even countries via the world wide web. Suddenly it is clear— the planet is quite small and time has not changed the fundamentals of humanity much at all.

9 comments:

  1. The world is indeed a small place, I often find that other people many lands away from me have the words I have been searching for. Books are a joy, I often feel less alone and more understood by someone long dead or a long way away. xx

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  2. I love this post Amy. I have the feeling, more and more, that all of these connections are neither accidental nor insignificant. Eventually all of our rememberies will be shared. xo

    ps. my husband had learned about Atlit in school. But his first association was as a kind of camp for new immigrants from North Africa and Iraq in the 1950s. Not as bad as when it was run by the British, but still, an unsavory part of Israel's history.

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  3. you have some great reads on your nightstand right now and beautiful thoughts to share here today. i'm glad to have 'met' you through this creative blogging community.

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  4. Exactly how I feel. So well said. I also have a huge stack of books by my bed at all times. Love them!

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  5. Ahh...connections, so precious. Bless the internet for helping us connect. x

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  6. Yes... so much in your thoughtful post! Big world, small world, word imagination, or language spirit, connections, understanding...

    And on a personal note, Toni Morrison - wow - she blows me away...

    xoxo

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  7. i agree; blogging has opened the world to me too..starting with my own mind! it's so completely amazing how Life has a way of playing dot-to-dot. i love the connections. i also love that bag! :)

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  8. My mother would always say that everything is connected even when you think it's not. I love the re-memory. The world is both large and small and we are apart of both. Beautiful post Amy. I'm glad we're connected. Big hugs.

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  9. I am so glad the blogging world allowed us to connect and the more connections I make the more I find out about how even more connected we are (narrow boats!) - what a wonderful, wonderful world to be part of! Love your bag by the way - those colours are fab! :D

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