Under the Influence

One of the many nice wonderful things about being involved with Lee is the daimonic energy he carries.

( For those of you relatively new to my journal, the definition of daimon, and some of my experience with it, is behind the cut. Everyone else can just keep reading because you've read it all before at least once. )

Without going into details that are not mine to share, Lee's personality and energy and experiences invoke my particular flavor of daimonic energy more than anyone I've met in a long time. One of the lovely side-effects of this is that I'm experiencing a sudden burst of creativity. In response to his request (and I'm leaving out a longish story here) I agreed to write a story for him.

This is a big deal for me. I express myself so much through my creativity, but not all the men I've been involved with have understood the degree of self-revelation and passion that goes into my work, especially my writing. When he asked for a story, he not only honored one of my most cherished gifts, he let me know that he knew he was asking for more than just an entertaining tale. It was an invitation to even deeper self-revelation through myth.

I spent three days writing a story that simply welled up from my heart and gut. It was amazing to be in that space again.

Equally wonderful (in a different way) was the response I received after he read the story. . . :-)

Free Association Alphabet

Work was incredibly tedious today, and sometime mid-morning I got the idea to do a free-association alphabet. (Don't ask me why.)

Meme it if you'd like.

These are this morning's answers. Future associations will change without notice.


A – Adoration. Admiration. Mutual adoration and admiration societies are good.
B – Beast. Approach with caution. May conceal a prince, may not.
C – Canopy. Canopy of stars. Canopy on back of pick-up truck for camping. Canopy over bed.
D – Desire.
E – Elephants. We didn’t pause to look at the elephants when we went to the zoo.
F – Fantasy. It’s so good when fantasies match.
G – Gratitude.
H – Home. I’m happy in my home right now. The upstairs is peaceful, and my personal space has been recently blessed by friends.
I – Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.
J – Jae.
K – Kissing a king.
L – Love. Lee. Lohain. [And Daughter]
M – Mousse. Preferrably chocolate.
N - Non Nomis Domine - as in Patrick Doyle’s music for Branagh’s Henry V after Agincourt.
O – Others
P – Passion
Q – Queen
R – Riches. I haven’t thought of my missing diamond ring in days.
S – Sabrina
T – Travel. Need to do more, for many reasons.
U – University. Going back in the fall!
V – Valentine. Vixen. Votary. Victory.
W – Walking. Also need to do more of this.
X – (E)x’s matter much less these days. Past is past.
Y – Youthful. How I feel these days.
Z – Zounds! What an incredible time I’m having!