These feet were made for walking

And that's just what i'll do. Especially since my cars been sold. Now onto that estuary of unmarried life.

“The known universe has one complete lover and that is the greatest poet”- Walt Whitman, 1885

The rest of life is now dedicated towards being a complete lover. I'm very much ready to live here in New Zealand and try that. Walt Whitman hands out some hardy advice in the preface to Leaves of Grass, and perhaps my favorite line runs a little like this....we must master trust, and the attachment to all things, we must master all forms of intimacy.

So I will go on trying.

Retirement

It's time to retire this blog. Other places I have viewed namely, Cambodia, China, and Japan will have be another time (maybe when I go back). Yet in the spirit of travel I’d like to close this fine adventure with some more photos of Bryce and Zion. For it was on this beautiful morning walk in Zion that my mom said she too thought about graduate school- then she met my dad.

I would like the world to know that my mother is an incredible women with many talents and an extremely sharp mind. She should have gone to graduate school. We look over her creations as something Elizabeth does- but this attitude undermines her genius. Elizabeth's desire to make things beautiful for people is a subject, rather than a project. I can't tell you how much thought has gone into her spaces and parties. We were not rich growing up, but I felt rich because everything always felt perfect, in order, and interesting. If design is created something under restraints, then my mom is a brilliant designer. Cheers to you Elizabeth, I hope I got a little of your brilliance.

Finished!

I handed in my thesis a week ago! These are some images of the pre-party with postgrad friends in the office before we went out and ate good food, and drank some more.

I had a nice week shopping, painting, and working out. But my night out dancing was fantastic!

Now I'm working for a month at Victoria, then I'm going to Tonga with my good friend Kania. Then I'm going to stop being a career student.