improvisational collaborative writing

I have not posted much this summer due to time constraints as well as a side project Brenden, Jalal, and myself are working on. This side project has been exciting - The goal is to explore philosophical themes through character and alternate world development by developing a story in which its characters holding very different worldviews and temperaments can challenge and interact with one another on multiple levels. The exiting part comes from the fact that we are improvising off each other, taking the story and characters in new and (hopefully) logically consistent directions that none of us can predict. In a sense "role playing" in written form with the purpose of challenging various paradigms. This experiment thus far can be found in the link "introspective collaborative" in reverse chronological order, but I have listed the links below in chronological order if you are interested in reading what we have come up with so far.


Warrior Lucium
Lam of the Forming
Lucium T'Auren
Family Ties pt. 1
Family Ties pt. 2
Family Ties pt. 3
Fear
Untitled
The Chianvakst Nation

I wake up and I go

Wow, these last few weeks have been insane! Somehow I ended up with two jobs in my lap which overlap making me constantly busy. I have finished my degree. Sjona and I are still in the process of moving. Everything is different, everything has changed. My life is moving on.

Do you ever notice that successive stages in life take on distinctly different flavors?

My professional life is taking shape. Every day brings the fresh experiences, challenges, and doing-ness I have been waiting for after what seems to be a stale eternity of studying and preparing. Other parts of my life have been neglected. I have not been active in the Baha'i community just as fundamental transformation is manifesting. Sjona and I rarely see each other, let alone spend quality time together. I have neglected the strands of creative and exploratory writing which keep me sane and engaged. I have stopped exercising. Instead I wake up and I go, I do, I am acting without being.

August is when I end my research job and stop working 60 hour weeks. I am hoping that is when I can find balance again. I hope I can survive one more month of this.