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Eternity. How does that word make you feel? What images, thoughts, sentiments does it stir up? Is it inherently positive, warm, and inspiring, or cold, frightening, and paralyzing?
So many synonyms for it, too. Endless. Interminable. Ongoing, forever, never-ending. Ever-lasting, immortal, unremitting. Timeless.
It's this last connotation that I want to linger with. Not forever, just for a little bit of now.
Because a lot of the work I've been engaged in seems interminable, yet timeless at the same time. Some of it pulls on my soul, taking up precious time I really want for writing. Some of it is infinitely enjoyable and I don't want it to ever end.
All that is repetitive and not interesting, tends to feel interminable in the boring, when-is-this-going-to-be-over sense. No doubt because our minds and psyches crave the new, the unique, the unexpected. It's the reward of anticipation: what new emails have just chimed in? What do I get if I open this little door...? How curious it is that we flavor the endless based on our perception of pleasure and novelty.
Ironically, some of this boring stuff is only boring when we're in the middle of it, feeling the weight of its apparent endlessness—a good example from the publishing world is formatting or proofreading. It can feel like it's going to go on forever, and then, just like that, it's done, you're done, and suddenly you miss that warm ease of doing work you could do in your sleep, as opposed to cracking open the ground with new ideas that will take a lot of stress, energy and resources.
And yet, there are plenty of repetitive actions and experiences we do enjoy and do not find interminable. Having breakfast in the morning. Driving (ok, maybe just for some of us. I personally love it). Practicing a song or performance. We love this kind of repetition because it fulfills our soul in some way. Those are the timeless things. And some of them, for some of us, can be hypnotically soothing.
As for all the boring stuff, all that, too, is malleable. We can alter the relationship we have with the interminable aspects of our lives. For example, I really, really dislike doing dishes. So I spend the time my hands are mechanically washing, to think about a book we're publishing, a place I want to visit next year, a narrative knot I need to figure out.
Time will always be endless. How we live it is our choice.
~ Birgitte
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Work continues on the two new books we're putting out later this year. One of my favorite aspects of the publishing aspects is the editing process with the author. That's the fun part of being an author, editor and publisher. I thoroughly enjoy editing our authors' works—it's like sharing a wonderful meal together. This is the kind of timeless work that can go on forever as far as I'm concerned!
The first book is called The Unfinished Book About Who We Are. (Sneak peek at the cover on the left!) It's a fascinating, mind-bending blend of science, spirituality, philosophy and quantum physics. And as the title suggests, it does not pretend to be "the" definitive work on the nature of the human experience.
We're going through the second major round of edits and I can't wait to share this book with you. Just wait till you hear who wrote it...
The second book is equally awe-inspiring. Written by a young woman as her graduate thesis, the work delves into the long-term effects of all the unexploded bombs in Vietnam, that are still causing damage and casualties to this day, and lays out the case for governments' responsibility to clean up after the wars they wage.
It's basic stuff really... you go and mess up someone else's country, you need to be responsible for cleaning it up, and repairing the damage you've caused. Better yet, don't engage in war to begin with. Somehow, the values we teach our children get trampled on the way to the upper echelons of power.
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Are you a lover of art? I certainly am. I'm the daughter of one artist and the mother of another. Yep, the art gene happily skipped me. Thank heaven I can at least appreciate it.
A friend of mine runs a wonderful web site and blog about the art world. It's called the ARTFIX daily—as in get-your-daily-dose-of-art—and as far as repetitive content goes, her posts are always interesting. For example...
Gustav Klimt is coming to California, and will be presenting with his friend Auguste Rodin. So to speak.
And did you hear what they did with Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's mansion in Mexico? Read about that here.
So for those of you who are artists, or if you're interested in any aspect of the art world, check it out.
Happy timeless, art-filled summer!
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