Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Oh good and funny!
Check out my new blog "This is Africa" by clicking the link at the top or visiting http://dsteyn-tia.blogspot.com
House keeping
I just wanted to give a couple updates and whatnot....
First check out some fellow bloggers who you might get a kick out of.
Check out Raoul S. Dyssell Director, Freelance Editor and Friend. He has some interesting stuff to say for sure.
Also have a look at Corey, who could probably teach me a thing or two on blogging...
And lastly but certainly not.... yeah you get it.... check out the very talented Roxzy Lok. If you can't find interest there, then I'm sorry but there may be no hope for you in cyber space.
Hold thumbs and cross fingers (depending on where you are in the world) for me as I am finalizing my comedy routine and hope to have it on stage in the very near future! I am very excited, and rather scared, but I love that combination!
Final house keeping item is on a follow up post to my earlier post The Stranger Effect
Thank you very much for your comments Corey. Check Corey (also mentioned above) out and give him some love.
A HUGE thank you to Gwen (who's blog is yet to be publicly available) for sending me a poem that captures a different aspect of The Stranger Effect in a beautiful, and insightful way. It is an amazing piece of work.
Big love to you all and choose to make this week your best!!
:-Dwight
Now in follow up to The Stranger Effect I give you
Body and Mind: a poem by Gwen!
Body and Mind
Is it possible to separate
Body from mind,
And still find love?
Don’t words and touches
Feed love by giving
Each knowledge of the other?
Can a person truly love through words alone?
What of the power in a simple touch?
Does it not hold sway over the
Physical being and blend into the soul?
Could printed words bring
About the same
Feelings as a gentle caress
Along the side of one’s cheek?
Is passion an emotion only
Linked to the body?
Can words not arouse with
Thoughts of skin gliding
On skin, embracing the
Fire that two can light within?
First check out some fellow bloggers who you might get a kick out of.
Check out Raoul S. Dyssell Director, Freelance Editor and Friend. He has some interesting stuff to say for sure.
Also have a look at Corey, who could probably teach me a thing or two on blogging...
And lastly but certainly not.... yeah you get it.... check out the very talented Roxzy Lok. If you can't find interest there, then I'm sorry but there may be no hope for you in cyber space.
Hold thumbs and cross fingers (depending on where you are in the world) for me as I am finalizing my comedy routine and hope to have it on stage in the very near future! I am very excited, and rather scared, but I love that combination!
Final house keeping item is on a follow up post to my earlier post The Stranger Effect
Thank you very much for your comments Corey. Check Corey (also mentioned above) out and give him some love.
A HUGE thank you to Gwen (who's blog is yet to be publicly available) for sending me a poem that captures a different aspect of The Stranger Effect in a beautiful, and insightful way. It is an amazing piece of work.
Big love to you all and choose to make this week your best!!
:-Dwight
Now in follow up to The Stranger Effect I give you
Body and Mind: a poem by Gwen!
Body and Mind
Is it possible to separate
Body from mind,
And still find love?
Don’t words and touches
Feed love by giving
Each knowledge of the other?
Can a person truly love through words alone?
What of the power in a simple touch?
Does it not hold sway over the
Physical being and blend into the soul?
Could printed words bring
About the same
Feelings as a gentle caress
Along the side of one’s cheek?
Is passion an emotion only
Linked to the body?
Can words not arouse with
Thoughts of skin gliding
On skin, embracing the
Fire that two can light within?
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
The Stranger Effect
Let me just start by saying every day in Cape Town is beautiful (some are just more so than others). Today is a goooood day.. Got some good news work wise and holding thumbs. Me and the bumble bee went for a nice little scoot around town and now sitting outside tweeting, fbing, and blogging!!! LOVE IT! So far that's my day....
So last night I was suffering from an all too familiar case of sudden insomnia. Bored out of my gourd and just tweeting nonsense, when I met 2 super fun tweeters (besides the regular radio tweeters.. love you guys!). Anyway.... Tam (fellow insomniac), and Stephanie. Had a great conv with both, although Stephanie had to go to work (or at least that is the story I'm telling myself). What were the conversations about, you ask? That's just it! They were about nothing in particular and just 2 virtual people talking about whatever.
This morning I woke up and thought about how amazing the social networks are in the sense that people feel more open to be able to talk and "meet" new "friends". It takes the whole meat market atmosphere out of the equation. People (and ladies especially, correct me if I am wrong) don't have to worry, as much, about some rude dude/chica trying to pick on them and even if said dude/chica does, we can just ignore it with no real fear of consequence. It makes everything more comfortable. We all sit in our respective comfy spaces, wearing whatever we want (or not), and just chill.
So I've dubbed a new phenomenon called "The Stranger Effect" which suggests that putting people in their comfort zones opens them up to much more social engagement (at least online, which allows some to be someone they aren't but for the rest of us allows for more honesty). Now how does this help anyone... how does it help me... I have no idea, other than it allows me to have company when up at 4:00 am, and that's good enough for me.
So here is shouting love out to @Tam_mavericks and @StephanieBe
And my radio tweeters @MFM926 @2OVfm and last but never least @goodhopefm94297
Yes most of my blogging is complete nonsense and babbling... deal with it ;-)
So last night I was suffering from an all too familiar case of sudden insomnia. Bored out of my gourd and just tweeting nonsense, when I met 2 super fun tweeters (besides the regular radio tweeters.. love you guys!). Anyway.... Tam (fellow insomniac), and Stephanie. Had a great conv with both, although Stephanie had to go to work (or at least that is the story I'm telling myself). What were the conversations about, you ask? That's just it! They were about nothing in particular and just 2 virtual people talking about whatever.
This morning I woke up and thought about how amazing the social networks are in the sense that people feel more open to be able to talk and "meet" new "friends". It takes the whole meat market atmosphere out of the equation. People (and ladies especially, correct me if I am wrong) don't have to worry, as much, about some rude dude/chica trying to pick on them and even if said dude/chica does, we can just ignore it with no real fear of consequence. It makes everything more comfortable. We all sit in our respective comfy spaces, wearing whatever we want (or not), and just chill.
So I've dubbed a new phenomenon called "The Stranger Effect" which suggests that putting people in their comfort zones opens them up to much more social engagement (at least online, which allows some to be someone they aren't but for the rest of us allows for more honesty). Now how does this help anyone... how does it help me... I have no idea, other than it allows me to have company when up at 4:00 am, and that's good enough for me.
So here is shouting love out to @Tam_mavericks and @StephanieBe
And my radio tweeters @MFM926 @2OVfm and last but never least @goodhopefm94297
Yes most of my blogging is complete nonsense and babbling... deal with it ;-)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Where does it all come from
Where does passion and drive come from and why does it fade? In so many aspects of life we become passionate and driven. Love, career, a car, a house, a family, and so many others. In most cases (other than family as a general rule) that passion and drive tends to fade for some. For others it can level off or even die, but for some it continues to increase. In all cases I wonder what the reason is. Maybe there doesn't even need to be a reason and it just happens. When it levels off, or even fades some, is it because we've become content (not really caring if things get better or worse to a point)? When it increases, does that mean we are on the right path? When it dies is it because we had an unrealistic expectation, did it just get to be "old hat", or even just because we burned out.
In all cases I know that no matter the position of passion we are currently faced with we can learn and grow from it. Just because one passion dies and we pick up another is no reflection on commitment, determination, or ability to follow through. If it grows it still may not be the "right" path but it's a path that can teach us and guide us. If it fades, we can learn to either reignite that drive or become content with the current state of affairs. In all cases it is a matter of accepting change. No matter how difficult, or scary it is, change causes us to learn, to expand and to grow. Besides, nothing will stay the same forever.
All things being said I don't think there is one answer to my original question yet the answer is a combination of all the "maybes". Life experience and paths seldom are the result of one event or experience, yet one event or experience can influence the paths we do take. It's a comfort level thing now. Are we more comfortable taking the safer path, or the path less traveled (or never traveled). In the end I suppose it just comes down to understanding the path that you are most comfortable with, and understanding that where ever that comfort level is, it can change, and that is okay...
In all cases I know that no matter the position of passion we are currently faced with we can learn and grow from it. Just because one passion dies and we pick up another is no reflection on commitment, determination, or ability to follow through. If it grows it still may not be the "right" path but it's a path that can teach us and guide us. If it fades, we can learn to either reignite that drive or become content with the current state of affairs. In all cases it is a matter of accepting change. No matter how difficult, or scary it is, change causes us to learn, to expand and to grow. Besides, nothing will stay the same forever.
All things being said I don't think there is one answer to my original question yet the answer is a combination of all the "maybes". Life experience and paths seldom are the result of one event or experience, yet one event or experience can influence the paths we do take. It's a comfort level thing now. Are we more comfortable taking the safer path, or the path less traveled (or never traveled). In the end I suppose it just comes down to understanding the path that you are most comfortable with, and understanding that where ever that comfort level is, it can change, and that is okay...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The start of something new
So recently I joined Twitter and was having the worst time trying to figure out what was going on!!! It was one dimensional, archaic, and just plain boring, until one day 2 things happened. 1. I read the origins of Twitter and it began to make sense why I was feeling the way I did, and 2. I was fortunate enough to be given a little twittercation from a good friend @Ashley_SkyDiva (Thanks Ash!!!!!). Now I am loving my Twitter experience (except it is still archaic and buggy as hell)!!! But it made me wonder what else am I missing out on that could be a lot of fun and positive..... Blogging!! SO here I am, learning to blog, and still in my infancy so bare with me.
I'm creating this blog for a few reasons. One is to waste time and another is to just keep friends, family, and whoever else up to date on what is going on in my Journey here in Cape town, wherever else in the world I may be, and/or things in my head, and to just to have fun. Please join in and comment, ask questions, or just poke fun at me!!!!
Big love!!!!
(do I sign these things....???? hmmmm ah to hell with it)
Dwight
I'm creating this blog for a few reasons. One is to waste time and another is to just keep friends, family, and whoever else up to date on what is going on in my Journey here in Cape town, wherever else in the world I may be, and/or things in my head, and to just to have fun. Please join in and comment, ask questions, or just poke fun at me!!!!
Big love!!!!
(do I sign these things....???? hmmmm ah to hell with it)
Dwight
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