I’m so excited to launch my blog Side of the Egg. No, it’s not a food blog. I hate cooking.
This blog was born of a question I’ve been facing in my thirties: what am I doing? We got the degrees, the family, the kids, the jobs, and yet, I’m left wondering, Why? And for how long? And to what end? I don’t know where this comes from, aside from the obvious mid-life crisis cliché, but reaching the milestones of major life events (engaged, married, kid) has introduced the new milestone of wondering just what the heck we were all striving for in the first place. To get good health insurance? To contribute to our 401Ks?
The question has been in my head for a while now: how do people live? I’m truly curious (re: nosy) about how people live, how they find time to be creative, how they find the courage to take risks, how they navigate the logistics of living a passionate and daring life. Within the confines of my little internet space, I hope to explore the topics of creativity, art, motherhood, feminism, health, religion, and more. I want to feature different, brave ways of living.
See more about my mission here.
As for the title “Side of the Egg,” the phrase is taken from a Haruki Murakami speech he gave when he won the Jerusalem Prize. There was some controversy over him accepting the prize, given the political situation at the time. You can read his speech here.
It is an incredible speech, one that I keep in the back of my mind to help me make decisions.
We are all human beings, individuals transcending nationality and race and religion, and we are all fragile eggs faced with a solid wall called The System. To all appearances, we have no hope of winning. The wall is too high, too strong–and too cold. If we have any hope of victory at all, it will have to come from our believing in the utter uniqueness and irreplaceability of our own and others’ souls and from our believing in the warmth we gain by joining souls together.
I see the System as any number of things –social norms, gender norms, economic systems, the patriarchy, political systems, systemic racism and poverty, and even the limits we put on ourselves as creative individuals. And as we navigate through life, perhaps we should always remember to side with the egg, the unique soul that each of us carries.
Thanks for reading. I hope we can learn together.
(p.s. If you know anyone living a life outside the norm, an awesome creative type, or a super cool feminist, let me know. I’d love to talk to them!)
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