In a Nutshell

My inspiration:

“In a sense, we haven’t got an identity until somebody tells our story. The fiction makes us real.”

Robert Kroetsch, poet and novelist

To tell you the truth, I outgrew my fear. Of what? Of life, the universe and everything. What is the point of hiding? Exactly. So, I am who I am.

I think; therefore, I am. I think or I have been told that I think. I have been told that my thinking is wrong or my acting or my writing. Maybe all of it. I disagree. Sometimes it is unusual, but hardly wrong. None of it is really original. Some ideas might be but I doubt it. I simply try expressing myself.

Writing is one way to do it. To write? About what? Who cares? Last year I decided to write about films, but my attempt failed miserably. So this year I found an alternative route. I am all about finding an alternative. I joined zip.ca. I wrote a few reviews and I participated in the forums. It was fun while it lasted. However, it did not last long.

The guys (the audience) decided I was crazy and they turned nasty. Most of them knew exactly what I should do. One of the solutions was “to take my perversions” somewhere else. I did. Sometimes doing what you are told is the easiest way to reach your goal. Have you tried it? We often keep resisting the most obvious ways. So, here is my space, my universe, and my everything. It is my life and I make my rules. If you do not like it, go somewhere else where you can make your own rules. If you want to read what I write, read. If you do not, then don’t. Simple.

My goal is not to outrage. No, wait, maybe it is. My goal is to write a story. About… You will find out.

Svetlana