nature's bright lime green shines in my garden
A wild and provocative creature who goes professionally by Charli xcx gives me strange hope for the future. Her album "brat" ~ calling to us in bright shades of lime green ~ is defining a new freedom for girls. I may not (or may) want to be what her videos portray, but I like that she says it's really okay to "be." It's okay to be nerdy. It's okay not to conform. Be the person you are in this moment. And the next moment? Why you can be whoever you chose to become in that moment! I might not agree with everything, but there is depth to Charli.
Charli came into my world view a couple of days ago when she declared Kamala Harris to be "brat." And Kamala has taken this on with the insight of a keen marketer and a grand sense of humor. Kamala is not afraid to laugh at herself. This strong trait tells me of her self-awareness and her courage. Only the secure can laugh publicly at themselves.
Kamala has shared her mother's "did you just fall from a coconut tree?" wisdom with giggles evocative, surely, of how she and her sister reacted when her exasperated mother would say it to correct their behavior. We all need to ask ourselves about now, "did you just fall from a coconut tree?" Because as I see it, the entire political world and many of the rest of us have been behaving as if we did. Acting like hard-shelled nuts rather than humans with brains.
This presidential candidate likes Venn diagrams. How wonderful! I love them, too, and I remember Mrs. Phillips in 7th grade introducing me to them. Life overlaps. Our political views diverge and overlap. We have common hopes and aspirations. There is ground to meet and find harmony and unity if not always agreement. I think we need a political Venn diagram!
From my earliest voting days I've been an Independent. I still find myself agreeing with some points on each side (and regretting that I need to use the word "side") although I am admittedly and proudly liberal. For some years I have found myself voting for "the lesser of two evils." In Kamala I believe I have someone I can vote FOR rather than merely choosing her as the means to vote against someone.
Take a look at the candidates. Take a look at the party platforms -- not just the shouted rhetoric. Look at the attitudes that frame the ideologies. For me, I am looking for people who will try to be fully human. And then vote. Even if you vote against me. Vote. Each of us deserves to be speak and be heard. While we still can.
Finding My Real is not going to become a regular platform for politics, but today's critical needs call for political awareness in a new way. And my real includes my views on religion, politics, and other life issues. I love irreverence because it confronts real issues, real situations, and real challenges in a way that makes me think. Thank you for reading my thoughts and views. I welcome yours, though I do not plan to engage in debate here or elsewhere.
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