…is supposed to herald a time of love for all. If press reports are anything to go on though, hearts appear to be hardening, and not just for Pakistan right now.
One OF (online friend) comments "the time when it’s every person for themselves will come soon enough" - and I am inclined to agree. Itīs not that my heart has hardened, it wonīt, but I am ever conscious of lifeīs increasing imbalances on multiple levels.
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Social networking works best if people communicate equally. Yet, wearing my observerīs hat, the internet appears to be peopled with those who thrive on one-sided relationships. They want you to like them, to share their links, to comment on their posts, or re-tweet their words, but very few actually reciprocate.
There are those who want people to remember their birthdays, but almost never remember yours or choose to ignore it. One actually thanked every other greeter individually - except me! Charming. Soon removed my greeting, and am now disinclined to be supportive in other respects. Why bother if even the smallest courtesies are withheld?
Small-minded of me or had enough? Probably a bit of both.
Then there are those who put you on a Limited Profile (in Facebook) while having the run of your own page. Unfriendly at best and bloody rude at worst.
A recently discovered relative also put me on Limited Profile, to stop spam being posted on his wall, he said, though it was not accorded to all. I gave him the opportunity to put it right, granting him the courtesy of a message first. Instead he decided to take the hump. So I put him on a Limited Profile as well, so he could see how unfriendly it was. His response? To unfriend me.
Phew! Thank God for that! As I already have one tiresome relative, I sure as hell donīt want any more, especially one I donīt actually know. But that kind of behaviour is par for the course in the webīs social world, it seems. Why?
Another relative chose to FB friend my niece but neither her parents nor me. Weird, eh?
I can understand people getting annoyed with their newsfeed getting filled up with too many updates from one person (ie me!) - itīs one of the reasons I have been blogging less often these days.
I also try and keep my twitter feed down for the same reason, although that did not stop one guy I call a friend from unfollowing me. Since he only follows about ten people, it was inevitable heīd see mostly my tweets. But a word to the wise would have been welcome. Instead, I returned the unfollow.
See, we end up doing as we have been done by. Some Age of Aquarius!
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I spent the morning trying to compile a brief list of art that might provide an overall idea of what Iīd show at an exhibition. A necessary evil if they donīt know your work but also confusing if some of the pieces are in contradictory styles.
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Art is informed by the life we lead, by our thoughts, experiences and desires. My blog posts are either streams of consciousness, wrestling with spiritual concepts or other experiences on this particular spiritual journey. For examples of how this translates into my art, please visit my gallery. Euphrosene Labon Mind Body Spirit Artist Author Writer
…are a nifty way of speed-reading the relevant bibliography - meaning he provides enough quotes and salient points to avoid having to plough through the books myself. But I still managed to disagree with him, several times before I finished chapter three of 
The self-portrait only works if viewed at the same angle I drew it - ie the mirror was tiny, half in the dark, and the paper was flat - hence the face looking slightly longer than it is. But the doodle (aimed at testing a dip pen) was meant to be abstract shapes and curls and turned out rather differently. No doubt a psychologist would have a field day with it.
…continuing, in some form, is never going to change for me. I have had far too many other-dimensional experiences for personal verification to disbelieve. What does give me cause for spiritual pause is how dice are dealt.
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