Art, Journals and Love

February 17, 1998

As you may have noticed, I did some site redesign today. Nothing truly major, I just changed the index and other non-journal-entry pages over to another background and button scheme. I do not claim authorship for the shell icons or the background, though I did tweak them some to form my own unique set. If you'd like to see the originals, follow the "see them here" link down in the lower right hand corner of one of those pages, or click on the button that links to the author's main page to see more of her work.

I like web art. I would make my own originals, if I had the talent, the software, and the equipment, but I'm lacking in at least a couple of those areas, and so I spend a good deal of time some days (several hours today while chatting with Jevim and Connie or watching Babylon 5) surfing the artists' pages, and bookmarking sets or backgrounds or buttons that I think I might want to use down the line.

Today I discovered The Rhymester and Judith, whose artwork caught my eye. In the coming months, you will probably see some of it here in Lisana's Life, perhaps even retroactively, as I would like to go back and change the themes for October, November and December. And of course there is Moyra, who created the Purple Rose set, the Valentine's Day set, and the WinterGem set. Yes, I think Moyra is fantastic! If you are looking for rich, elegant web page sets, by all means give her site a visit!

Besides writing my own journal, I enjoy reading other people's online journals. I've found though, that like my taste in web art, my journal tastes are very specific. I have yet to find a man's journal that appeals to me... maybe I have just managed to avoid the ones that I might like, because they are written by guys, but so far, I've not hit a one. I'm picky about women's journals too, but I've managed to find a few so far.

I had heard Squirrel Bait mentioned a number of times on the Diary mailing list I am on, but only last night did I track it down and read. Meghan's journal has turned out to be one of the journals I can just read and read, because it made sense to me. She sees some things the same way I do, she has a great sense of humor -- I was laughing out loud and pasting bits and pieces to Connie last night while we were chatting, and it was enough to make her go and read too -- and in a number of ways, I was able to see myself in what Meghan said.

I also read Aries Moon by Lucy Huntzinger, keeper of the Archipelago journalers' ring, I guess for a different view on life. I hope she doesn't take this in the wrong sort of way if she sees it, but she reminds me of what I imagined my mother to be -- the "hip chick" -- and makes me think about what a different sort of life I might have had growing up. She, too, can make me laugh, or make me think, or make me downright sad. I guess it's the emotion in the writing that really gets to me.

I hope that I can touch people the way these two women do. I think from some of the kind guestbook entries I've read, that at least part of the real me is getting through. I want to encourage the people who are in long distance relationships where they find true happiness, to hang in there, and hold on through the rough times, because one of these days, we'll all have our chance to be with the ones we love, and never have to say goodbye again and return to different parts of the country, or the world.

There's happiness out there for everyone, I think. We just have to stop looking for it in the wrong places. Things -- possessions -- are only temporary distractions, whether it's a new CD, computer game, a TV or a car. Love is where it's really at.

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