As You Wish

As You Wish

"As You Wish" - mixed media on crescent board, 20" x 15".  Available here and at Artfinder.

"Aaaaaaaaaas...youuuuuuuuu...wiiiiiiiissssshhhhhh."  - The Sound of Devotion Rolling Painfully Down a Very Bumpy, Very Steep Hill.  from The Dharma of the Princess Bride, by Ethan Nichtern

Welcome, December, and a fast plummet toward holidays and the end of a quite interesting year.  Perhaps, dear reader, your internal recap of the year takes place on New Year's Eve, in January, or perhaps even February when January has wizzed by in the blink of an eye without your permission.  For me, December marks the anniversary of a move to the Pacific Northwest and the beginnings of seeing the world with fresh eyes.

"...dating, a quest that felt like a blindfolded scavenger hunt through a junkyard of random advice." - NICHTERN   Maybe I don't need to add anything to that, except that the last time I dated the internet didn't exist and telephones were still attached to walls.

Cover that with a frosting of introversion, a desire for deep and meaningful connection, and a perhaps jaded view of love in general and you'd think it was a formula for comedic failure.  Except it wasn't.

Following the repeated theme (cue 2 x 4 smacking against my head) of surrender to what is and a determination to follow the breadcrumbs of the universe (yes, even if they lead to a witch's cottage), somehow I  tumbled right into a new beginning, "next step in the ongoing dance between self and other" - NICHTERN - which is as deeply connected as it is lighthearted and playful. Yay. :)

And so, as Buttercup and Westley (as Dread Pirate Roberts) awkwardly roll down a hill toward their next adventure, I find myself smiling at a universe which has a quirky sense of humor along with a penchant for heavy boards banging against the head.