Large silence

With apologies for the absence of fresh words here (and without apologies for the silence), I've found something that I think needs to be said.

For a while I had hoped to develop a series and structure of ideas to progress through and discuss with any of the internet's broad church of readers. But time escaped from me and I... I'll leave the excuses for now.

The thought that has been rolling through my head, one of the few that I keep coming back to, says this: "I am an ecosystem". I don't mean that in the sense that I'm a smelly hippy sort who doesn't shower enough, but that I'm part of something bigger and unavoidably involved wherever my feet hit the ground. Why's that relevant here? This is a blog in which I write stuff, which is loosely connected to other parts of the Internet. In this arena of that same ecosystem, it exists. I was away a long while, neglectful to the implied promises of the first two posts here. Sorry all.

I first met the word 'ecosystem' as a kid when the virtuous television urged my generation of children to try and protect the environment and natural habitat of all life on our planet. Perhaps it isn't fully appropriate here, but I wanted a word that points out the messy set of relationships and driving forces, objects, ideas and anything else in the mish-mash around K3ninho. Those last two words may be important as they point out a focus to a bunch of stuff. So technically, these articles are the focus of a whole bunch of stuff, and this is an ecosystem (albeit like the plants on the window-sill in my kitchen: struggling and more than a bit neglected). Part of the attraction of weblogs is the interaction, and that would be something I welcome here -- I hope I'm still willing to learn, and that people are still checking here for fresh words.

I suspect this idea of 'ecosystem' reflects a felt need to be a part of a community, to create a community and to to interact. I've been silent during every Quaker Meeting I've been to, mostly because I haven't felt led to say anything (and doubt I will -- but check back to see if we do say something about 'Meeting for Celebration of Marriage' vs. 'Meeting for Celebration of Commitment'). It may sounds reasonable to say the same for here, but that's just an excuse: sitting silently in a debate, or when the restaurant staff come to take your order, or when facing the love of your life, or wherever... won't do. More later...

More later...
Take care.
love K3n.