I've often wondered why I feel compelled to write out my thoughts, to attempt to express my feelings artistically. It’s a subject I spend many hours contemplating.

Some write for fun, some write to soothe, some write to medicate, some write to punish, some write to indulge, some write for the sake of, some write to pay the bills.

Why do I write? I think I write because I feel inspired at select moments, moments of clarity, of perspective, of objectivity, of insight, of completely random thought.

When I write, I try to express exactly what I had thought or felt at that moment, my poems are trying to be a snapshot of thought, a painting of a feeling I felt.

What do I write about? I write about questions and ideas. Life is series of moments and scenes. Some are small, some are large, some are important and some are not. Importance and size can sometimes have a reverse correlation to each other and sometimes they do not. Life to me is simple in thought and complicated in action. I write about moments and scenes I see, hear and feel that are important to me, because they are the moments that make me pause; Those moments when life simple stops and allows you a moment of reflection. In those moments life seems both simple and utterly complex, life presents itself as a paradox. Perhaps it is just as such.

These moments of pause are infrequent, but profoundly significant to me, and perhaps that’s why I write about them, to preserve those moments when I stop and think and look at life for what it can be instead of simple what it is.

First off, make sure to check out Mistsofavalon4ever's
"Morgan-le-Fay Chapter" for an upcoming story of hers, its a great piece of writing, and it just happens to also feature a work of mine, "The Girl in the Chair", and I'll say it here as well, its a great honour for someone else to read something of yours and have it inspire them to create something with it. I actually kinda feel like a real artist now, but perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself lol.

Also, no updates to speak of, working a full time job kinda puts a dent in the whole creative process of doing nothing, and then being inspired. I also haven't made it out for a casual board as well, being that I board to work and home everyday, my days off are spent resting. I did get up that short story that I had been working on which I was happy to have up, but since I wrote it in stages instead of a single sit down I'm not sure I'm too happy with the overall result.

I do have some writings I could post, awhile back I wrote an ending to a friends short story in an attempt to inspire them to finish it. Perhaps I'll edited that and post up my section, or the whole story, I'll look into that.

Summer is officially her in my opinion. I walked outside this afternoon and was hit was a nice warm blast of summer air; I had forgotten what that felt like. So I hoped on my board, grabbed my camera and headed down to the water. Got some good pictures, got some sun on my pale pale skin and just enjoyed the lovely weather.

By the way, GO TEAM CANADA. 5-4 win over Sweden today!

Also, if you aren't watching Supernatural, you don't know what good TV is. Ok, that may be a bit of a stretch, but its my new obsession. I haven't been this into a show since Buffy. I went through all 3 seasons inside a week and was just left speechless at the finale of season 3.

School is finally over again for the summer, things are quieting down in general (I hope) and I'm not to stressed about the upcoming job hunt.

I wrote a little something tonight and posted it up, and created a new profile iD from an idea I had when I was attempting to explain why, and what my poetry is and means to me.

Hopefully now I can get out sometime this week (weather permitting) and go for a good extended board and get some new photos for my 'summer diary.' I plan on taking my notebook with me this time and hope that I see something worth writing about during my day.

I'm hoping that my poetry gets a nice, positive uplift in mood with a change in weather and people, so here's hoping.

Well I said before that I'd be taking my account in a different direction after my "copyrighting" incident, and so far I've been able to write a few more poems and have had a decent amount of inspiration and have a few tidbits of other waiting in the wings so to speak.

And while I'll be writing through out the summer (hopefully...) I wanted some sort of on going project to work on during the summer. I ended up deciding on a photo diary of my summer here in Victoria. The plan is to go out at least once a week, board around town and explore as much as possible and just record anything interesting or mundane I may happen to encounter on my trips.

Day 1 turned out to be a great success, and I was able to get allot of shots, and figured out the workings of my camera a bit more, and have a better idea of what I'll be looking for this summer and what type of pictures I'll want to try and take.

On an aside, I start this project with this quote in mind; "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

This is something that I have taken to heart in recent weeks, and it is the personal approach I will be taking to this summer. I hope at the end of this summer, I will have been able to affect some sort of change in my own life and those around me.

Here's to summer!