January 1 - Ragnarok

Ragnarok.

You may have noticed that there is no balloons with this post, and it's intentional.  Einar Selvik does a great job explaining Ragnarok in the video above, but here is the text for the convenience and discussion (actual song starts at 2:50):

"... in the old Norse way of thinking, everything moved in cycles.  So it is basically telling the story about a ring that ends, but also a ring that begins.  So something needs to die for something else to live, and these days, when the sun is turning - that is what it is about.  To let die what needs to die, it's the end of the death cycle of the year.  In these days, this is when summer is born.  This is when light of the year is born."

What does this mean for this blog?  Effectively I'm going to attempt to make a few big changes in order to foster a better artistic space, part of which is letting a couple rules die in order to allow something else to grow.

1. No more daily posts. It is a great motivator, but it's a distraction to doing anything "bigger" than what you might accomplish in the day span.  That is not to say it won't be daily occasionally, depending on what I get involved with.

2. Purple is not required.  Again, this doesn't mean he's gone - he's here, and most likely will be all over here.  But he's just getting a bit worn, like butter scraped over too much bread.  Perhaps we'll find occasion to use one of his brothers.   Additionally this year there were a few occasions that the "purple photo" wasn't my favorite of the batch to share (shocking I know).

I realize these are two of the cornerstone rules that this blog was initially founded on, they are both part of the blog title even!  But it's a new year and once again time to analyze and evolve - and there are a number of projects and ideas I'm anxious to get started on in this third year.  Happy 2018!