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I've been saying "weeeee" a lot today. 

When I left work last night I stopped by my favorite wine shop and picked up a split of champagne; as I packed for the first leg of the extended business trip (which i'm on now), I turned on CNN in the bedroom.  As I tossed clothes in the suitcase, the results started coming in ... Ohio, Pennsylvania; weeee!  Florida ... weee!  When it became clear that it really WAS going to happen, I sat on the bed, opened the champagne and called a few friends who I knew would be up and celebrating too.

I have been keeping my attention on the dreamed-of outcome for so long ... not allowing the other possibility (and the associated fear) to take my energy (well, there was a brief period after the republican national convention when palin's announcement created some buzz that i got a little nervous, but it didn't last long ... ).  And then last night, when it started to sink in what had happened, I thought: Holy shit ... what if it hadn't gone this way? and a psychic wave crashed over me that took my breath away (thank goodness then, that i didn't allow that energy in earlier; it would have done no one any good ...).

As so many pundits have pundited, expectations are high, but we need to be patient; things won't change overnight.  And yet, they have.  I remember at the very beginning of this campaign I was really excited about him because it seemed like he wanted to change the conversation, and the tone of the conversation: in politics, in Washington, and globally.  I didn't know a lot about his background or readiness or leadership and organization yet, but I saw that, and I LIKED it.  I liked it a lot.

And I think that's a large part of what people voted for last night, to change the conversation ... and to be part of it.  That's exciting.

Weee.

And ... AEDM?  I took these photos while I was out on a walk tonight.  It's raining here in Atlantic City, but my hotel is right on the beach and I can't resist a walk by the sea, even if it is raining and windy.  I discovered the water fountain in a shopping center on the boardwalk where I popped in to pick up some dinner. 

I'm realizing that AEDM may be less about "art" in a drawing/doodling/craft kinda way (except when it is), and more about paying attention, taking some photos and finding the art in my every day.  Stay tuned. 

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Comments

[Verna Wilder]

Love reading your attitude about the election, so positive all along. I got really scared and it took me awhile to really get it--that we did it, we elected Obama, we DID IT!!! I alternately cry and laugh. A pleasure reading you again. Ill try not to stay away for so long.

[Carin.c]

Capturing images of inspiration counts as art to me. I can never resist walking by the ocean regardless of what the weather is like. Sometimes it's better in the rain.