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in the mud pie factory


yesterday was a blipday and I didn't even notice until everyone started congratulating me - so I went back and wrote a few extra words that Ceridwen then asked me about. I wrote her an answer on her blip and, after writing it, I thought I'd put it on today's blip too:

stopping and looking around me for something I want to share with the world 1500 times has led to a slow transition in how I look at things around me. 1500 times I have taken a moment to "blip" - that's 1500 times of stopping the daily grind and doing something else, even for a few minutes. Added to that, I have made a record of my ups and downs - some of which only I know about but the photos jog my memory and make me think "wow, was that already a year ago!" Searching for things to blip has made me look into every dark corner of my life for material - even self portraits, though rare, happen and I like them now, rather than hating them. And then there are the people I have met - people brimming with creativity and joy in their surroundings, people who show love, humour, intelligence - people who see different things to me and show them so I can see them too. It's an amazing experience and I feel like something that was a tiny plant struggling on poor soil with no water has been given, bit by bit, exactly what was needed to grow into a healthy plant that can stand by itself and bear fruit. I would never have dreamed that taking a photo every day and posting it online could do that!! It wasn't what I intended to do - my initial goal was to manage to remember to blip every day - but just this tiny thing was enough to transform everything. It's quite incredible to look back at where I was and compare it to now - and I didn't really even notice it happening :-)