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| Images from google images. Just composed a special graphic just for this blog! Art by Judith Parsons 2015 |
Maybe this has happened to you… You have awakened with an idea in your head and you can't shake it. It is as if there is a whole other entity inside you- saying: “Be wild! Change it up! Let the old go!”
I didn’t know her name at first. But, eventually this “Capt. Blue J” showed up. I know- I know- we think of all the blue beards, all the dangerous wild eyed, frenzied bizarre characters in books and movies. Perhaps its time to strip off a layer of the mild mannered me, and give you a deep look into how crazy and wild I can be.
I wanted a new persona, I am really close to purchasing a motorcycle, but the restraints of where to park it, and how safe it is in the city- makes me resist that purchase. The wild woman in me is making up for lost time. She has been soaring beside a woman who has been telling me to dig my heels in, telling me to own my voice, telling me to stand up and just BE what ever the hell I want to be.
Well- she has gone and done it now. (Waving -Thank you Anita) All that chipping away at the old ceramic facade brought Capt. Blue J to the forefront! I have found the blue steel underneath!
(Standing ovation)
Something shifted, the transformation came at me fast, like I had to do something drastic to make this change. The hair coloring was the least of the drastic measures to take. I was considering going bald. Can you imagine?
It has been a long time coming, since hurricane Katrina took away my sailboat. When I was in her, I felt safe. She was my emergency back-up plan if the world went to hell in a hand basket. I knew I could barter and trade and take people up and down the coast for essentials. (smiling sigh)
Yesterday, I found the old me. She hasn't aged at all. She has been waiting for me to come back to her. I was finding my sea legs again. Yesterday was an incredible day! I learned how to start the zodiac engine and to retrieve the smaller boats. Then learned to rig the 15 footers. I wanted to go out on my own and talk to the wind and play with the sheets and familiarize myself with the water one-on-one.
Don’t you love those words: “one-on-one”…3 perfect words. I can’t help but smile at the 3 thing- I am obsessed with it. I love geometry, I love the Trinity, I love how we are ALL more connected than we know.
I want to become stronger because of sailing, I want to find my see legs, do some planking and strengthen my core. I want so much from my body, for sailing, I will do it. For Capt. Blue J- I will become stronger in body, mind and spirit! Who knows, maybe one day I will own a nice sail boat again, and I will take you all out!!
We will sail toward the sunset!! Wooooohoooo!!
The links below are were I found the cool pirate art--
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