the spleen...

The woods are lovely, dark, & deep. Normally I would have made that the title of this blog... actually, normally if I was feeling like the woods are lovely, dark, & deep, I probably just wouldn't blog at all, but this blog is meant to be a little backwards and upside down. I'll tell you why. Some people may think my blogs are uncaptivating, so this blog is meant to captivate. For those of you who do not know, the spleen is not only a dark red oval organ on the left side of the body, it is also often used as an obscure reference to feelings of morose and bad temper. Some people like to mention the spleen, a lot. I'm more of a kidney kind of gal myself. All the while that spleens are holding on to ill will, kidneys are curing and purifying and cleansing. I just came up with that. It's true, but it's kind of funny. I really do mention the kidneys about as often as Swift mentions the spleen, but there never was any logic to it until now. So let us start by saying an artist captures things that ought to be shared. I say ought, and I guess that's debatable, but I believe in sharing. Perhaps sometimes there are things that ought not to be shared, like when you are painting or singing or writing and all that comes out is anguish. That's not really helpful... or is it? I guess a little anguish now and then could be helpful. It helps people to see that you are human and that they are human, just incase someone happened to forget that. Regarding blogs, I realize that if all that's being offered is super sweet like Sugar Rush, people may leave a little hungry, but maybe that is just my calling. Maybe sometimes people need a break from beef jerky & Heroe's Duty. So my blogs are not lovely, dark, and deep. By keeping some parts of me hidden, I may appear to be tame and uninteresting, at worst, shallow, but I'm okay with that. I do have an abrasive side, it's just not my best side; and the world is exciting enough.

P.s. I know this blog sounds like all my other blogs, but I tried. I thought I was on the right track when I came up with that title. It was all downhill from there.