In the book of Revelations I am told about a street of gold.
What is the significance of this avenue unseen?
It is this image of importance that we are being sold
yet it is hard to know what it can mean.
I found a different hint of gold but breaking from the sunrise.
The early break of day the light makes its way
lengthwise warming the orange bricks and yellow doors stylize.
This beautiful amber ablaze to start the glow of the students' day.
At one point in searching for jobs I would have taken work that utilized my latest skillset. After a while I realized I lost touch with what I really wanted to be. When this young me walked in the forest trails behind his parent’s house how did he interpret the world? What was he trying to get out of life? There were values in that purity that I am trying to find again. Only this time I have new abilities and understanding to help guide me.
I have to wonder what it would be like to have the kid me in charge of this project. That person is more in touch with what I was wanting in life. There is this idea I have been processing that you can’t let pragmatism take center stage if the world isn’t set up to be practical in the first place. This won’t provide the fertile land to let an unencumbered imagination grow.
If the environment is wrong the goals will not be met. Maybe some would say structuring life this way is foolish but to me moving aimlessly between jobs isn't wise. As I go through the thoughts on these pages I want to echo the lyrics of a musician I grew up with as he is searching for that earlier child: He sings "I’m sitting here with pen and paper I'm listening now."
How to navigate this work:
This project uses next page arrows to advance forward in a linear order like a traditional book. Unlike my previous online book it doesn't have chapters. In lieu major sections there is a brief one sentence overview of each page.
