i've been absent from the blogging world for the past few weeks due to several reasons...i work at a school and the end of the year is always busy, busy, busy.
due to my need to be connected via computer for so much of my job, i really wanted to start the summer on a sort of hiatus from my computer etc. i was in need of reconnecting with my inner self; re-learning how to be aware of the world around me instead of retreating into my head.
with that said, as a tool in my personal quest i've been using a wonderful book that i had learned about and then happened upon and purchased while i was visiting my mom in Connecticut. the book is Caffeine For The Creative Mind: 250 Exercises To Wake Up Your Brain by Stefan Mumaw and Wendy Lee Oldfield. the exercises are fun and really get you thinking outside of the box...or in my case, outside of my own head!
i woke up this morning with the phrase, "wake up and smell the_____" (fill in the blank, my thought train didn't go to the usuals...) and as my morning unfolded, i found myself having fun trying to describe the smell of different words that could be inserted in the blank.
for example, while i was in the shower i came up with this one:
wake up and smell the...
crazy:
it's metallic and sinister, cold and just a little bit tangy; the kind of tangy that gets you in the glands right behind your jaw bones, where you can't tell if it hurts or tickles.
i know that's kind of dark, but part of my quest in living outside of my head is to embrace both the dark and the light...i've come to realize that i can be quite a dark person, and i'm ok with that!
