The Flowing River = The Endless Project
Published Saturday, March 11, 2006 by Dan Gainsford | E-mail this post
If you're a friend of Dan and I, or if you're simply someone who has been reading our blogs, then you'll find that we've frequently spoken and written about "serentipity" over the past couple months. I want to just broach the subject one more time, at the risk of the word losing it's REAL value in relation to the project.
First, I'll have you know that because we've been using "the word" so much, I decided to look up some synonyms - but there are over 30 terms that mean fate, and a similarly boggling number of synonyms that mean luck. These include some words which I'd never heard used in such a context, like moira, happenstance, and weal (?). Anyway, presented with this multitude of alternatives, I figured that I might as well stay with the original.
But, I digress.
Serendipty has been playing a large part in the project thus far, but for some reason this week, I remarked it more then ever. I mean, just so many things that have fallen into place: me becomming involved, the success of the sponsorship drive, the voluntary help of friends and strangers alike...it's amazing! Even a small amount of hindsight, afforded by the 2 months or so that I've been involved, makes me think of what Paulo Coelho wrote about in The Alchemist: the universe conspiring to bring about something that is desired.
However, unlike what happened in the alchemist with the universe conspiring to bring about the desires of the shepherd boy, these desires aren't just those of Dan or myself. Rather, they are the desires of many of our friends, family members, and supporters; they are the dreams of people for travel, adventure, and fulfillment of social responsibility. Fortune has simply allowed us to be the mediums of these manifest desires.
Conscious of all these people behind us and the project, I am eager more than ever to leave! But we've still got some loose ends to tie up.
In other news, Dan and I have been talking a fair bit about how this project is something that will provide an endless source of work, as parts of it will lead to new avenues that will need to be explored both through the camera lense and in other ways. I'm really excited by this prospect. It's the sort of thing that I've been looking for as a "career": a job that is continually evolving as exterior forces act upon it and change its components and course, as well as my interests. I'm sure I'll have more to say about this in the near future.
That's all for now folks.
adios,
f
First, I'll have you know that because we've been using "the word" so much, I decided to look up some synonyms - but there are over 30 terms that mean fate, and a similarly boggling number of synonyms that mean luck. These include some words which I'd never heard used in such a context, like moira, happenstance, and weal (?). Anyway, presented with this multitude of alternatives, I figured that I might as well stay with the original.
But, I digress.
Serendipty has been playing a large part in the project thus far, but for some reason this week, I remarked it more then ever. I mean, just so many things that have fallen into place: me becomming involved, the success of the sponsorship drive, the voluntary help of friends and strangers alike...it's amazing! Even a small amount of hindsight, afforded by the 2 months or so that I've been involved, makes me think of what Paulo Coelho wrote about in The Alchemist: the universe conspiring to bring about something that is desired.
However, unlike what happened in the alchemist with the universe conspiring to bring about the desires of the shepherd boy, these desires aren't just those of Dan or myself. Rather, they are the desires of many of our friends, family members, and supporters; they are the dreams of people for travel, adventure, and fulfillment of social responsibility. Fortune has simply allowed us to be the mediums of these manifest desires.
Conscious of all these people behind us and the project, I am eager more than ever to leave! But we've still got some loose ends to tie up.
In other news, Dan and I have been talking a fair bit about how this project is something that will provide an endless source of work, as parts of it will lead to new avenues that will need to be explored both through the camera lense and in other ways. I'm really excited by this prospect. It's the sort of thing that I've been looking for as a "career": a job that is continually evolving as exterior forces act upon it and change its components and course, as well as my interests. I'm sure I'll have more to say about this in the near future.
That's all for now folks.
adios,
f