{"id":1470,"date":"2021-07-30T12:23:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2021-07-30T12:23:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:23:02","slug":"walkabout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1470","title":{"rendered":"Walkabout"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What you see here and what\u2019s really going on with me are two wildly different beasts. While I write and post, I haven\u2019t been much into engaging with followers and I apologize for that. I love reading the comments, and certainly censoring or outright deleting some, but truth be told, the pandemic messed with an already fragile soul. What I like to project and who I actually am are vastly different. I have struggled with melancholy and anxiety for most of my adult life \u2014 presenting as introspective daydreamer and shy when I was a child. Or call it depression and stress \u2014 whatever. The point is, I haven\u2019t been much into this scene lately. Living in a busy tourist town, while trying to recalibrate a post-pandemic life has been a challenge and I am still adjusting. What is that saying about the world being too much with us? I think sometimes we all want a break from that world; I think many times we need a break from that world, and I think sometimes we need to hear someone tell us, it\u2019s okay to take a break from that world. Why? I truly believe we are not wired to live in that kind of world \u2014 a world that moves at breakneck speed. We are sensory beings, we are animals and that world we\u2019ve become conditioned to accepting as \u201cnormal\u201d, as \u201cdesirable\u201d? It\u2019s NOT \u2014 unless it\u2019s truly desired. And even when it is supposedly desired, I will still believe those that believe that are fooling themselves. I am not aboriginal. I don\u2019t even know what my ancestors did for their version of Walkabout. I only know that I want to do my own version. I want to go on Walkabout, retreating into the Dreamtime, walking the Ley lines, rescuing myself from being swallowed whole by systems that can easily absorb all of me. Thirty years ago, I might have thought I\u2019m watching too much TV. Which was okay in a way because it was passive and relaxing \u2014 it WASN\u2019T social media (and by social media I include TEXT messaging, probably one of the worst kinds for me) \u2014 it was just plain media \u2014 social implies engagement \u2014 and in social media I feel an inherent urgency to always always always get back get back get back as soon as as soon as as soon as \u2014 and I can\u2019t, I simply can\u2019t. Because\u2026as a child when I was asked why about my feelings\u2026I couldn\u2019t articulate\u2026because\u2026sometimes\u2026there is no reason\u2026it just is. On that note, tonight I\u2019m posting a grab bag of hosiery and gloves for giveaway \u2014 US and Canada are free shipping; beyond North America, shipping charges apply \u2014 no charge for the items themselves. We\u2019re just clearing out what no longer serves us. And for the record, please know that I do read each and every comment, and if you haven\u2019t been blocked or deleted, know that I appreciate your time. As for me, right now I\u2019m dreaming of Walkabout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What you see here and what\u2019s really going on with me are two wildly different beasts. While I write and post, I haven\u2019t been much into engaging with followers and I apologize for that. I love reading the comments, and certainly censoring or outright deleting some, but truth be told, the pandemic messed with an … Continue reading “Walkabout”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[631],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1472,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions\/1472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}