You never know. Non-traditional to me represents change and the ability to experience. I keep this in mind when I write, and I apply what I write to my life. It runs full circle, if I am my own protagonist then how would I like my life to unfold. I imagine the answer to that question changes daily. I meet and experience a world of different opinions and ideas, none of them good or bad; just tweaked views on an already existing pattern of thought. In recent years, however, I have plunged headlong into a wide breath of outlandish adventures. No longer obsessed with the vain quest of defining myself. That I leave to others, it tends to suit the critical mind to critique. Not recognizing this element in my life sooner is part of the growing process. I don't regret a moment, a choice or an action. That for lack of a better word is: bad. Self-destruction is for the other guy. Not me.
In addition, I find one of the most fascinating qualities to be discovering my own narrative. Writing constantly pushes my mind into places I should not visit. It is these places that allow me to shine. Or so I've been told. My writing "gets" read and that is indeed an honor. Words scrawled on a napkin sitting in my desk collect dust and nothing else. If an artist takes it upon him/herself to truly lay their heart onto the chopping block, then that bravery must be awarded. If you are temperamentally prepared to speak straight; out on to the page, great rewards and pleasures are surely in your future. I found many interesting experiences to be the dark cannon fodder of an open mind. This is but a sample of what one can truly achieve if all ties are broken. Experiment on the experiment.
I think a sharp level tone to understanding the interaction of your own inner voice, moves you along in a forthright, no-nonsence approach to life. What is honest, is honest. This simplicity allows a certain composure to be maintained in even the harshed conditions.
An eloquent awareness, a romanticism to indulge in the unfamiliar; a certain freedom must be afforded to your unconscious, because there lies the true original ideas and the abiltiy to render passionate judgement. Judgement is an abstract artistic term, I have to understand something first before I walk down the path of an idle sentence.
