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Where You Started Is Where You Ended Up
it’s not a circle, it’s a point
And just like that, they were back where they started. Maybe with more insights and despair, and perhaps a better understanding of where was here and where here had been all along.
But something wasn’t just empty lessons and pain: somehow things were different, or possibilities were. The thinnest sliver, almost so small you could miss it entirely if you let yourself, of something new might be glimmering. Too fragile to look at directly and persist, but it flickers, there, in the side of your vision when you’re not gazing directly.
And maybe the next step, the next world, was available if only one could find calm, and patience and almost like a predator hold still and poised to read the wind’s sounds and scents; we just have to let it grow, nurture it without holding it, feed it without moving, and then, only then and thinly adjacent to our conscious thoughts, can we move again and truly shift to another where.
© Copyright November 15, 2023, David August, all rights reserved davidaugust.com
David August is an award-winning actor, acting coach, writer, director, and producer. He plays a role in the movie Dependent’s Day, and after its theatrical run, it’s now out on Amazon (affiliate link). He has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC, on the TV show Ghost Town, and many others. His artwork has been used and featured by multiple writers, filmmakers, theatre practitioners, and others to express visually. Off-screen, he has worked at ad agencies, start-ups, production companies, and major studios, helping them tell stories their customers and clients adore. He has guest lectured at USC’s Marshall School of Business about the Internet.
