I feel the need to think and be reclusive for a while so I can put my thoughts in order. I’ve started reading again which, in my case, is exceptional but I guess the words come looking for me in a different way when I decide to be quiet. It’s funny because it’s the book that I still haven’t finished *working on it though* and that I mentioned several times in previous posts. Last night I picked it up and started reading instead of playing a few of the very addictive Professor Layton puzzles on my Nintendo DS Lite…
In quiet moments, if there ever is one, I’m working on my business website which will be a combination of a front page representing the business, a flash portfolio with work examples and a blog where I’ll discuss design in general, my own work for clients and other design related topics. Quite often I receive emails from companies asking me to write something about a product, design contest or an event. I received one from New York last week with the same request but this is a personal blog so I’ll use my other outlet.
Last night I read a chapter about ‘The Red Shoes‘ with an explanation about the deeper meaning of this fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen: ‘when a woman has a famine of the soul, she will take any substitutes offered, including those that do absolutely nothing for her, as well as destructive and life-threatening ones that hideously waste her time and talents or expose her life to physical danger. It’s a famine that makes a woman choose things that will cause her to dance madly out of control too near the executioner’s door.’
‘And when we hit bottom, it is exactly there where the best soil is to sow and grow something new again. In that sense hitting bottom while extremely painful is also the sowing ground. There are always more opportunities to get it right, to fashion our lives in the ways we deserve to have them…’ And that is exactly why I need to become the Troglodyte for a while: I want to create and design, be quiet, think, be in my own world/cave and like I said above allow answers to come looking for me, in other words: let things happen…
A very addictive game… with amazing drawings and cute characters, a mix of Japanese and European [Eurasian *hehe*]
How true that comment of the Red Shoes is!! I must admit I haven’t continued reading “Women who run with the wolves”. I started it and it was cool but then a mystery book came my way and got hooked
But I am eager to continue that masterpiece.
I like that period when I am in a cave too. Those are among my happiest moments
Enjoy the “Troglodyte” retreat
The book will find you again when the time is right Wen. I feel certain books need to be read more than once to fully understand the message(s), this is one of them…
Weird thing is, that chapter about the Red Shoes is answering so many questions I have had for such a long time. See what I mean? I wasn’t ready months ago to understand what I’m reading now, it’s the right time and the perfect help to make decisions and prevent mistakes.
No matter how hard things are or will be, I feel I’m on the right path to find the pyramids: I just got robbed of all of my money while being distracted at the market, but I do have my two stones still
I must say I like my retreat so far… thanks my friend *hug!*
I admire you for being patient enough to get back to reading… I used to be an avid reader as a child. It sort of stopped throughout high school and these days I never read anything that I don’t have to anymore. Perhaps once I’m done with school I might start reading for fun and not for duty again…
Thank you
but to be honest, I think my patience is only fueled by the fact that the book is providing answers to current pressing questions 
It doesn’t surprise me at all that you’ve stopped reading for fun having to deal with so much information already and all at once… I used to be like you as a child and I lost interest at some point as well, hmmm… let me rephrase that, I didn’t lose interest I just never finished the books for some weird reason. Only since last year I have changed my ways, getting there slowly
I’m sure you’ll get to that point again one day. Like you said, when it’s no longer an obligation