Letter from the Editor June
June 3rd, 2010 by Olga Rosales
Stand up! Get up! Raise a hand! Raise a fist! Get angry at complacency! Start a revolution! Get a cause! ...Please?
This little voice has been running through my head since Vetted Word started. And as this community has grown so has this voice, constantly reminding me that no one else is going to do it for me.
In these thoughts I've become so overwhelmed that I've actually wondered if being a desk-jocky is really who I am. That maybe my nine-to-five is not what I've made of it (as I've always thought) but rather my nine-to-five has become who I am. Maybe being creative isn't me, and maybe building a 401k is. Why would I think this? I've thought it because, in-between shows, in-between dreams, and paychecks, I find myself becoming void of new ideas, worse yet, I find myself becoming satisfied with results that are at best mediocre.
And it goes again... Sing a song! Kiss a boy! Run a marathon! Cycle downhill and dare yourself not to throw on the breaks!
I'm reminded that in the places where I fall short lie opportunities to grow. In those places where growth is essential to the success of Vetted Word I find myself reaching out to you! To community members that are equally as frustrated with lack of creativity. If you are not one of these people who lacks creativity during the day-to-day minutea of life, then I need your help the most! I need your ideas! I'm reaching out to you because you've been my source of all things creative for the past year - and now it's time for us to grow!
What would you like to see come from Vetted Word? What would you do differently? Where do you envision this community in five years? In ten? Join us! Write for us! Come to our events and share your art. Join us on facebook, or follow us on Twitter, in other words, grow with us!
When does our inner dialogue hurt more than it helps? I'm learning that as long as your inner dialogue has a healthy and worthy opponent, the debate is always worth having.
