Connections........

I am often felt a sort of connection with various mythological creatures/archetype, I suppose that's the nature of a person with an over-active imagination. But in these connections I have always found my strengths......

Passing fancies, have included, centaurs, griffons, hippogriffs, krakens, wyverns, and manticore

When I was younger it was Pegasus, the winged horse, he showed me spirit, beauty, and loyalty(I still have my stuffed Pegasus)

Next stage was multiple figures in Greek Mythology, amusingly enough I was always Zeus in the games we would play, I also became absorbed in reading about more mythological creatures, in this I learned of the Phoenix, the bird of rebirth, a creature based on Resurrection(this carried a lot of weight as I am Catholic)

As I got older I reached out farther to Dragons, Dragons gave me Strength and Power, I carried a banner with a silver dragon, that dragon guarded my sleep for my adolescent life. Like a Knight I wanted to carry the banner with Honor.

Also in my Adolescent was the first time I found pirates, from silly movies like the ice pirates to my massive Lego pirate ship, that I assembled when I hurt my back, with my best friend at the time Ryan Gast, pirates rode the undercurrent fantasies. (Ironically when I was little around 7 or 8 I was afraid of skeletons and I remember my father covering my eyes in the pirate's of the Caribbean ride at Disney world)

Those of you who know me that currently I have brought my love of pirates to the fore front, now Skulls exist in a majority of my decorations. I have also found myself thinking of the Phoenix, perhaps its with me getting to the point in my life where I have to "grow up" more, perhaps its with the going back to school, perhaps it is with new loves being explore, perhaps it is all of this, but alas I am being reborn.

"At every end there is a new beginning"