Knowledge • Wisdom • Truth
Welcome to Lit & Fig!
To begin this blog, I went to the past—my blog of yore—seeking inspiration about beginnings and plot twists from another era. I was pleased to find the one below. Recycled here with liberties taken for form and function.
• • •
Knowledge. Wisdom. Truth. These were the words embroidered on the button placket of his dress shirt. As if I were blind and it was braille, I rubbed my fingers over the cursive threads. I hadn't noticed his silent mantra until our final venue of the night, like a fortune cookie at the end of a meal. Knowledge. Wisdom. Truth.
The truth is, I look for signs like these. I seek meaning. I go to my friends like horoscopes, each one offering a slightly different perspective on my situation at any given time. But the core guiding sun, moon, and stars are there. They are my guiding sun, moon, and stars. They are all beautiful and wise and I wouldn't want to try to get through this life without them.
For fun, I sometimes check in with my astrologer of choice. He's in England, so his online predictions are eight hours ahead. See, he really can tell my future. Like today (but I knew this yesterday...)
Artists love to play with perspective. Musicians enjoy mixing sounds. A picture alters dramatically depending on what you place where. A symphony can be transformed by allowing a different instrument to dominate. As you look at what needs to be altered, try keeping the same basic components but arranging them in a different order.
He knows just how to appeal to my artist within. All the pieces are good, but perhaps just a rearrangement is necessary. But is it time to move the furniture around a bit, or is it time to move myself? I think I know the answer.
One of my aforementioned wise sisters said to me, "It's easy to live small. When you live big, it will always feel better ultimately." It's just that it's scary to forge new ground. Feel the fear and do it anyway. Good advice and my favorite self-help book title.
Time to make my move!
• • •
Back then, the move was literal, trading suburb for city. Today, it’s figurative. Introducing Lit & Fig, where I’ve taken the same basic components of my life and arranged them in a different order. What may seem disparate at first blush is just me multi-hyphenating: writing, editing, decorating. For all the knowledge, wisdom, and truth of the process, I’ve landed here. Beauty. Function. Meaning.