2010

...reaffirm current truth's/priorities:

make decisions based on current situations, stay clear of 'what ifs', work hard for your dreams, allow yourself freedom from your past, remain conscious of life's lessons...


In a surreal and wholly unplanned future where economies flounder and education is rendered obsolete, a change of heart and the pursuit of a dream may seem a fractured endeavour in a time when one would consider any work possible, a tightening of belts and a return to the religious filling of the 'spare change jar'.

Yet a dream is infinitely more sound than this and ultimately appropriate right now. These are times which see a return to zero; a levelling of those around us to a common, comfortable plane; there is no longer a distinction between 'master' and 'apprentice'; there is no time to waste on ceremony - just the simplicity of the task at hand; the lowest common denominator.

Here there is a creativity born of restlessness, of frustration, of the realisation that you can do this yourself. There is little to lose but everything to gain and a collective which lets you know that you are not alone in these thoughts.

My epiphany came on a Saturday night in bed. 'To what end?' resonated in my head, and I knew then what I had to do. The moment was empowering because although I was frightened, I was aware that for the first time in my young life I had made a decision based on what was right for me at that time. There was no weight of the past swaying my decision one way or another and there was no anticipation of a possible future egging me onwards. There was simply the moment and within it, I felt truly free.

My name is dongward longminer* and I have turned down a job as an architect with a world renowned architecture firm to pursue a dream which has occupied my thoughts for years. I want to write a book. This blog is the culmination of my thoughts so far and a record of what may be for 2010.

dL


*pseudonym