Overheard

There is a magazine (or maybe it's Craigslist?) that publishes some things overheard. Well this is definitely common these days with people walking around with cell phones attached to hands and ears (or those martian-like ear pieces that make a person appear to be talking to no one)... so this was my overheard piece for the day when I was walking in the Longwood medical area.

I overheard a young woman on her cell phone saying, "I set all these transition points as a time when life would change..."

My interpretation of her tone was that she was surprised that nothing had changed at these points - what were they? (I can only imagine without hearing the other side of the conversation or the full conversation) College graduation? Entering graduate school? Medical school? New job? A move?

I can definitely relate to this sense of imminent change in direction as I made different choices throughout my life. Only to then find that it actually takes a whole lot of time to see the result of this change. So my constant reminder to myself is that life and making decisions and seeing dreams and goals realized actually takes longer than I imagine... which demands a lot of patience on my part! Patience I have to keep practicing in order to actually develop.

Human connections

"Walk a Mile." Thanks Craig Project




I came across an article on wbur.org that described artist projects revolving around users of craigslist. The idea was that here are all these anonymous people connecting with each other on a daily basis to get stuff, or get stuff done, using this web tool. The home page of the website - http://www.thankscraig.net/ - says "WANTED: a human connection in an anonymous megalopolis." I can't think of any better way of putting this myself. I'm fascinated by the projects that the artists came up with to further explore how people have connected with each other using Craigslist or as a tool to connect with people and engage them in a community project.

Check out the website!