This is my personality.
It is raw.
It is strong.
It is Elemental.
It is bold.
It is simple.
There is nothing particularly striking on the surface
Yet, looking deeper, subtle details emerge.
There are high points, and there are lows.
There are surfaces which have been worked to a bright and polished sheen,
Still, the majority of the area’s potential remains untooled, ready for the craftsman.
The shape is simple, undemanding of attention.
It has broad and substantial points, and those which are more narrow.
It has smooth forgiving edges, but is pointed; unmistakeable.
It is extroverted by design, yet introverted at its core.
The outline is that of a thought bubble.
Reminiscent of a cartoon like Calvin and Hobbs, always my Father’s favorite.
As a child I recall sitting in the upstairs bathroom of our old brick schoolhouse home where he kept the collections we bought him every birthday, perusing the pages.
A factory maintenance worker all his life, the contrast between his no-nonsense manner and the pages of his favorite books struck me even at that early age.
And yet, within this cartoonish shape there are complex ideas, goals, mantras, ideals.
Things which emerge above the unfinished surfaces, none by accident.
They are the brightest points of the whole.
The most worthy of note.
Yet if the goal is realized, and such points stand the tests of time, they are destined surely to return to the body.
What was once new and bright, through trials, will develop a patina of wisdom.
Perhaps even more subtle. Still tucked in the corner. Understated.
It will remain at the loftiest reaches of its realm,
where I aim my future now.