Photos by the author, Deeann D. Mathews, January 7 and 16, 2025
It is generally held that graffiti is a problem, and you can look at that wall and tell: the owners of that building think so and so this message to the world is not long for this world.
However, I have humbly learned to accept wisdom however it comes to me, so as I was on my way here ...
I looked to my right and there this wisdom was, having appeared since the last time I had walked that way.
I remember playing in the playground on Alamo Square and elsewhere in the park as a child, but always loved the trees and the time away from the cars for itself ... my favorite vacations were into the Santa Cruz mountains and their redwoods. I also moved up to "playing" the piano at some point in there, and also my making wallpapers for early PCs turned into fractal art mastery later ... and I'm still making up stories of my own, every day on Hive ... so, indeed, I have determined that I never need to stop playing.
Meanwhile, my friends are asking me: "How are you always getting younger?" Really, what is happening is that I am taking more selfies while at my play. This is my newest point of exploration, Elk Glen Park on a day of gold and silver light ...
... and this is me relaxing, with ample time to explore and photograph its winter shoreline a week or so before my 44th birthday.
I am a person of high responsibility, and many people who knew me before the age of 39 would have told you how much older I present because that. I am an old soul indeed, and because I had so many older mentors I do then to think like them ... but since age 39 and Covid-19 giving me time on my hands and Hive giving me a place to create every day, NOW I am getting younger in the eyes of many people!
I have decided that I am going to never stop playing, though age I must ... so long as I can create and explore, I will, and that takes nothing but prioritizing time to do this. Not that it is EASY ... time outdoors is not time I spend making money, but that inspires me to work smarter and figure out how to obtain income that works while I am outside ... and even that is a question of creating and exploring. Crypto is in a bull run ... that's good ground to explore in ... and maybe I'll learn blockchain for the next run!
Don't stop playing, folks ... find ways to enjoy the creativity and curiosity that you have as you can and see what that does for your life!
