As I lie here in bed in this moment feeling completely uninspired, I decide to let my fingers do the writing instead of my head or heart and see where I get. I know I have wanted to blog for some many years now but always let the idea of coming up with some catchy title get in the way. Silly, I know. But that’s the ridiculous pressure I put on trivial matters. Just part of who I am.
My desire to blog stems from my passion for journaling in the past. There was a time where I would sit and journal pages and pages every day. The desire to express my thoughts, feelings and daily happenings has not decreased, but I put it on the backburner for the past couple of years. My senior year of college came and so did many more responsibilities that took up a great deal of my time. By the end of the day I was too exhausted to sit and write after writing all day. Looking back, maybe it would have been more beneficial to my writing skills to take the time to write for myself. I would have developed a better pattern and style that was unique to me and probably would have had more A's on papers rather than B's there at the end. Oh well...such is life.
Anyhoo, I finally started this blog. There is no direct interest in mind, just simply my thoughts at any unparticular moment in time. I have a list of ideas and topics I want to research and post about. But, some days may just be about what happened in my life. I will let this blog take its own course and see where it leads me. I just realized how much I missed writing.
As for the blog's title, I have a love for owls and all things owl. I think they are uniquely beautiful. Not beautiful in the sense America has given the word, but from a more world-wide perspective. Owls are not beautiful to many people, they are dark, wide-eyed and scary at times. They are nocturnal and have a wide wing span that can be intimidating. The association of owls in horror films has given them such a negative image. But if you look at the history of the owl's significance in many societies such as the Native Americans, Greeks, Hindu and Egyptian cultures, just to name a few, owls are creatures of the highest respect. They are a symbol of wisdom, strength and keepers of sacred knowledge. The owl was directly associated to Athena, goddess of learning as sacred and some Greco-Roman currencies have images of the owl, signifying status and wealth. Owls are a hidden beauty and in order to see it we have to look deeper into the meaning they held in the past. Their ability to fly, hide in the dark, be incredibly strong and the associations of wisdom and sacredness is so attractive to my free-spirited soul.
It is a personal understanding and appreciation that others may not get, but I want to pursue my desires in life and in order to do so I believe I have to pursue knowledge and wisdom. Ergo, I am in pursuit of the owl.
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