community

Community has been my key word lately. Fellowship is so important. It is hard too keep in touch with people when there is no central meeting place.

In the past, communities used to grow naturally out from a marketplace or a church. I guess it still happens; the shopping mall, for instance. It's kind of funny how there can be so many people in one place and almost never talk to each other. but I guess community happens even in those circumstances. It is just being there with others that makes a community of people.

It is the same with religious gatherings. People come at a set place and time to mingle, listen to a sermon or take part in some kind of ceremony. It is about doing things together as a unit.

I have found it hard to find a creative community to participate in. The muses is an attempt at this.

The reason community is so satisfying is because it continues to exist even between gatherings. It dwells deep down in the psyche where you know you are not alone.