dear darling dave
aka david strain
AKA
sketchesofstrain
is closing the chapter on the blogging part of his life..
his explanations on his site today are well worth reading especially the part
on how something that was supposed to be an art form has become just a vehicle for the right and the left to fight it out
This is something I too have felt saddened by
As much as my site was for me something that started as a vehicle for my
creative soul
then became my salvation and my way of telling the world the terrible
sights, sounds and experiences I was witnessing after "911"
then became the place I could voice my concern over the terrorizing of Israel
and concern over how the war on Iraq was being handled...
it now seems to be a canvas that is often torn between my creative life,
my personal life and my fear and anger over the political climate
of today's America..
I hate the way the right and left tear each other apart
in the comments sections of web sites
I hate the feeling that neither side will listen to the other
which is ironic because so many people like myself
have issues that often fall on both sides of the fence
I hate that simply because so few people today seem to have the courage to speak out against some of the wrong-doings of this presidency that I feel obligated to fill the void
I'm not a politician or a political person
I'm just a woman, a writer, an artist, a New Yorker, a Jew, a lesbian,
a humanist, a human making my way in this world..
I understand David's choice to leave because sometimes using this blogworld to keep one's writer's muscle pumped and working can also use up all of your creative juices..
I sometimes think, like David, that i would write more if I blogged less..
I'm not ready to go, dear David...as there is still so much...inside me..that I need to get out in every way, in any way I can...but i do so understand your choice..
and I will miss you
you have been a bright, honest, caring, often vulnerable voice in this often
cold and often cutting world of web...
Please stay in touch..
and in your adventures as song writer
writer
and dreamer
kick some ass
make mama proud!!
