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Strong and cold, distant and inviolate, iron holds and commands. I’m reminded of the First of the Search from the Thomas Covenant series: she was iron incarnate when she needed to be, but as Gossamer as her true name when she didn’t.

Posted By Ellorie On 10.09.2011 @ 2:46 pm

Absolutely nothing special, but appearances can be decievng. Sometimes average can be nice, the calm familiarity of routine.

Posted By Ellorie On 09.16.2011 @ 10:39 am

Ordinary. Mundane. Nothing special. Pastoral. Nothing that would ever earn the attention of someone else, unless that someone else managed to look past that first layer of average and discover that there’s something truly special about you, maybe something that you never even saw there for yourself. Average, like every day of our lives. They could be something special if we make them, but the truth is that most of us are happy with routine. Most of us are happy with average. Too much special is confusing, intimidating, unsettling. If we never know what might happen next, how can we plan for the future? There’s security in average, in routine. It may not be what we’ve always dreamed of, but most of us will settle for it just the same. Our society is built on the expectation and desire for averageness.

Posted By Ellorie On 09.15.2011 @ 9:00 pm