I found some lovely little stones on the internet a few years ago. I was intrigued by them and read them, turned them over in my mind, reveled in the idea of them, stuck them in a pocket of my mind somewhere and forgot about them until I noticed a badge on Judy's lovely blog, Life...Minute By Minute.
The River of Stones is a blogging project started by Kaspa & Fiona over on Writing Our Way Home. Take some time to check out their lovely blog. It's as relaxing as a facial and a massage - with smooth river rocks. This river that they started is an exercise in mindfulness. The idea is to really take notice of something every day and write about it. Not an epic poem, or a long winded something or other, just a small stone. Distill the essence of something every day into a few powerful words. This is so far up my alley it's on my back doorstep. So, in addition to my daily posts where I will be doing my usual nonsense, I have added a page on the right there, right near me and my house, where I will be adding my stones daily.
My sister undertook the 365 Photos project for 2011 and it was a tough challenge, but she's done it and the results have been amazing. Not only does she have 365 gorgeous pictures from each day of the last year and a record of one year of her life, it also pushed her to pursue her photography to heights she never would have done otherwise. The finished album is also a beautiful distillation of the things she saw to be most important in her life every day for a year. The whole project turned out to be so much more than the sum of its parts. In a way, I'm hoping these stones will add up to something surprising. A mosaic of a year in the life. We shall see...
If you are so inclined, check in from time to time and see how these stones are piling up. I think this is such an incredibly beautiful project and my mind is already running in 17 different directions with it. One of the directions has been to promptly get this song stuck in my head. There needn't be much comment on that.
I am too tired to adequately describe how positively giddy I am to be participating in something that, a few years ago, I admired from afar. I looked on wistfully, thinking: wow, what an amazing community of thoughtful, creative people. Now somehow I've sneaked in the back door (probably because I brought Bob Dylan along) and it makes my head spin with delight. I owe it to you. All of you who click by and egg me on. All of you who think and write and do so well in your own corners of the webs and inspire me daily. I am really beginning to love this blogging thing.
The River of Stones is a blogging project started by Kaspa & Fiona over on Writing Our Way Home. Take some time to check out their lovely blog. It's as relaxing as a facial and a massage - with smooth river rocks. This river that they started is an exercise in mindfulness. The idea is to really take notice of something every day and write about it. Not an epic poem, or a long winded something or other, just a small stone. Distill the essence of something every day into a few powerful words. This is so far up my alley it's on my back doorstep. So, in addition to my daily posts where I will be doing my usual nonsense, I have added a page on the right there, right near me and my house, where I will be adding my stones daily.
My sister undertook the 365 Photos project for 2011 and it was a tough challenge, but she's done it and the results have been amazing. Not only does she have 365 gorgeous pictures from each day of the last year and a record of one year of her life, it also pushed her to pursue her photography to heights she never would have done otherwise. The finished album is also a beautiful distillation of the things she saw to be most important in her life every day for a year. The whole project turned out to be so much more than the sum of its parts. In a way, I'm hoping these stones will add up to something surprising. A mosaic of a year in the life. We shall see...
If you are so inclined, check in from time to time and see how these stones are piling up. I think this is such an incredibly beautiful project and my mind is already running in 17 different directions with it. One of the directions has been to promptly get this song stuck in my head. There needn't be much comment on that.
I am too tired to adequately describe how positively giddy I am to be participating in something that, a few years ago, I admired from afar. I looked on wistfully, thinking: wow, what an amazing community of thoughtful, creative people. Now somehow I've sneaked in the back door (probably because I brought Bob Dylan along) and it makes my head spin with delight. I owe it to you. All of you who click by and egg me on. All of you who think and write and do so well in your own corners of the webs and inspire me daily. I am really beginning to love this blogging thing.
