In making this blog, I noticed a little box down at the bottom that says, "About Me". Well, I thought, that's funny. If someone really wanted to know about me, they'd just read my blog! So, I left it blank.
The other thought I had was that of trying to think of something to put in there. In reality, though, I'm kinda of complicated. In fact, I'm really complicated. Too complicated for a little box down at the bottom of a web page. I mean, really, if people were meant to fit into a box, we'd be ants, or HTML coding, or over-processed microwave dinners. We'd be something uncomplicated, easy, straightforward, and bland. (That last word goes with the analogy of the microwave dinners. I mean, honestly, they're gross!) But we're not bland! Isn't that great?! But don't tell the cannibals that. Or the zombies. Ew.
Anyways, back to my original train of thought: what I'd originally intended to put into my "about me" section. Originally, I had thought to type "I love beautiful things." Its a pretty broad statement and it kind of sums me up more or less. I do love beautiful things.
I love butterflies: they're seemingly simple, but once you look at their wings close up, you see the intricate veins and patterns and tiny little joints. They're beautiful.
I also love music: broadway, jazz, Romantic (the style of the artistic era in the 1800s), opera, soundtracks, folk, choral, pop, r&b, rock, techno, percussive (dude, drum cadences? Awesome!)...pretty much you name it and I can find at least one song in the genre, time period, or place that I like. Which is probably why I'm getting a degree in music. (What? poeple actually do what they love and not just get a degree for the money?! No way!!)
I also love the color blue: I just think its a fantastic color! You can have any shade of blue ever and pair it up with any other shade of blue ever and they're instantly color-buddies! They go great together!! Can you do that with other colors? Well, greens and purples a little more, but not nearly as much. But hello, Red? No way! Red's always clashing with itself all over the place! Besides, Blue has so many different moods: calm, peppy, cheerful, sad, mellow, content, happy, wistful, caring, and even loving. Perhaps not that fiery passion that's always assiciated with red (and roses and the tango), but its the love that's loyal when you didn't do as well as you'd hoped, when you just need someone to hold you together at the end of a hard day, when you just need someone to play musical arm farts with you. Its the love that's deeper and truer and Red, in my opinion, and its the one that lasts.
But really, who doesn't love beautiful things? We were created by a God who loves beautiful things, and we were created to be like Him. We are Beings of Beauty. (Hehe, hence the title! Aren't I a smart one?) But, I mean, really. Think about it. I have a friend who's kind of obsessed with bows and decorations. Name a holiday and she's got the plates, bowls, serving utinsils, doilies, wreaths, scrapbookpaper and a closet of other stuff to go with it! Because that's what she finds beautiful. My little sister looks FABULOUS in ruffles! In her hair, on her dress, on her shoes, anywhere! Me? I'm niether a great decorator, nor a great ruffle-wearer. I like my things streamlined. I don't want the ring with a giant rock surrounded with teeny-tiny diamonds. Ugh. Not for me. I want a band with one solitaire (radiant cut, though...I like the sparkles...) and kinda smallish so I don't dwarf my small hands. I love plaid, argyle, pinstripes, and solid colors. But that's what I find beautiful. And, in all honesty, its quite different from most people's view of beauty.
So, I didn't really think about that until I was asked to share a small box of myself. I DISCOVERED that I love beautiful things, and in writing this, that everyone has their own beauty.
Another Discovery awaits tomorrow! I really hope its not that the world really is flat. That would suck.
TTFN,
S
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