Is a chewy center of epic goodness.
No really, there is!
Why do I say this? Why now? Why like that? Why here? What is the reasoning?
Well simply put, I feel that as I am reentering myself, I am realizing that at heart, who I am is an entertainer, that at my core, I am made to do something, or some things, for the world, to invoke every part of the human being in reaction and realization of themselves.
Explanation? Thought you’d never ask…
I love stories...
Ever since I can remember, I have ALWAYS loved stories, be it a story told aloud, on TV, in the movies, or in books, no matter if I was reading them, or someone else was, if there was a story, or a recounting of an event, real or imagined, I loved it, every moment of it, from the little golden books my mother and grandmothers used to read to me as a toddler, to the Hardy Boy's mystery adventures when I got older (which I confess, I still enjoy) all the way to now, in the history and social studies books, the examples and analyzing of literary works from all of humanity, and the compilations of the worlds greatest philosophical works and their writers, yes, I even enjoy reading text books, both for class and for my own enjoyment, I love to read, and what I love to read the most, are stories...
Perhaps that is why I so do enjoy Music, Drama & Acting, and Roll Play so much, the chance to not just create but to read, and even to retell a story, to make it your own, to make another person, real or imagined, into your own image, to become that person, in that time and place in the world, be it our own little corner of the universe, or some far and away place beyond the stars, or even a place like and as our own, and yet wholly not ours, the chance to become more than, and less than who I really am, to create a story with my wits, and to drive it onwards with my emotion, it is all very true, and in some ways the purest form of expression, when a person can pour themselves out, into something and it causes a reaction, a response from a truly human connection, only then can we draw closer to our creator, and at the same time, farther away...
Music, plays, movies, books they all are stories, tales of woe and joy, of fact and fiction, they are how we as people remind ourselves that we are indeed just people, as varied, flawed, amazing, fragile and resilient as we are, there is always a common denominator if we are willing to look for it, there is always emotion and thought in all we do and are, if we look for it, and when we find it, there are many of us who must pass it on. I am but one of the passers God has made to be here on this planet we call home.
And it is in me to pass on the stories of us, and who and what we are, to everyone I can, to remind not just you, but myself, to prompt “us” as it where, to remember that while we are small, frail, and many, we are also mighty, strong, distinctly alike, yet also unique, a paradox of all that was, is or will be. This is the story of the universe, a love song from the creator, to us, his creation…
It is our story to tell, to remember lest we forget, to enjoy lest we despair and to share lest we glut ourselves and wither away to dust.
I hope you enjoy me sharing my stories as much as I enjoy sharing them.
Bullshit n Noise,
Deuces n Rock,
I will endure, if only for my own stubbornness, or the grace of God.
~Caleb
