February 17, 2007
complementary
Why did I assume identities were singular before? I mentioned the thought that two people could grow so different over time that they would no longer know each other. That may be true, but at the same time, wouldn't it also be true that the two people could form one shared identity, and each party would define him or herself in the other? It seems to make sense to me. Even more so when those two parts are torn from each other. When the members suddenly find themselves deprived of a sense of self. They become lost to their own being.
Continue reading complementary... 02:43 PM & Comments (4)February 09, 2007
ballet slipper
The earth shifted a little last night, and I felt it. I stayed up for a few hours after writing the previous entry to finish reading a book I started Tuesday evening. "The Lovely Bones," it was called. The story resolved, the programming assignment left untouched, I turned off the light and put myself to bed.
Continue reading ballet slipper... 12:01 PM & Comments (1)February 08, 2007
the inbetween
How many identities do people possess throughout their lives? This is a question I suddenly found myself contemplating the answer to over the past days and weeks. I'm not sure what prompted it exactly, although I suspect it had something to do with the accumulating stresses at school, and the photograph-sorting project my mother has been working on for the past few days. It likely also has something to do with my eagerness to pursue roles of leadership as of late, which was always a challenge that was far too frightening in the past.
Continue reading the inbetween... 11:47 PM & Comments (3)