Kumran

"This my excavation and today is Kumran.

Everything that happens from here is now on." 

- re:stacks, Bon Iver

"When they found them it changed the whole course of Christianity, whether people wanted to know it or not. A lot of people chose to ignore it, a lot of people decided to run with it, and for many people it destroyed their faith..." 

- Justin Vernon

There are a few cases where the artist is nearly as interesting as the art. Justin Vernon would have to be one of my favorite examples of this. Broke and broken hearted, Vernon retreated to a cabin deep in the woods and recorded over a winter one of my all time favorite albums.

   Kumran is the name of the site that the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered. Among the scrolls were copies of the book of Isaiah, dating hundreds of years older than the oldest copy of the bible. The texts were compared and very little variations were discovered. Opponents to the authenticity of our modern day translations were silenced.

   

   We are at times in our lives faced with trials that test, reveal and validate our true character.

   At your Kumran you have handled yourself with grace, confirming the strength and beauty that continues to leave me awestruck and at the same feeling clumsy and childish.

   Run with it. Leave the opponents in silence.

retro video games (and lessons in life)

I love the  video game Tetris. Keep in mind that I am not very good at it. There is just way too much pressure for me to perform, and let's just say that I do not perform well under pressure. That being said, every now and then, in the middle of play I find my happy place and I'm in the zone. Before I know it, blocks are falling into place, bonus points are happening and I absolutely rule the video game... thus explaining my love for the game.

   Life is at times like a game of Tetris. Most of the time I feel like I stumble through a round. Sometimes the blocks that are on queue are those weird "S" shaped blocks that never seem to fit anywhere. Most of the time the blocks just come way too fast and are piled way too high. Like Tetris, the pressures of life are sometimes too much

...and we all know how I perform under pressure (if you don't already know, I do not do well under pressure.)

   That being said, one day my life will feel just like a game of Tetris, one of those games where blocks are falling into place, bonus points are happening, I find my happy place and absolutely rule... thus my love of life!

   One day... soon.