Saturday, October 1, 2016

Getting this thing rolling

Dear ones,

The first page is always the hardest. Oh the pressures of a blank slate ... the choice between so many different ways to start the telling. And how to begin the telling of our tribe? That's too big a task for words mustered late at night in a post-homework haze. So we'll keep it simple ... and start at the heart of it, which is the fact that love - the falling in, the falling out, the passing on - seems to be what has gotten us to here. To being this big, beautiful, wild clan of Kane's (although we started off as some other name and will, likely, evolve into others along the way). So we will start with love, as written by our brilliant Bear, and with some photos from the archive (check out the dropbox folder the elders are compiling to gift us all with our history).



A note: this blog is a space for collective storytelling. With all the platforms and mediums out there it is hard to stay connected and thus keep a pulse on what's happening in the lives and minds of our far-flung clan members. Ever the guy with impeccable follow through, Maxwell made this blog happen. And, of course, our matriarch - mom, gma, Mago - made the suggestion. We have a password so that only those of us "in the know" can see what is posted here. Our security is fool proof - all you need to remember is: kane. Should be easy enough. Now, on with it, post away!


LOVE

the thing
that saves
us catches
us, the 
thing that
gives us 
its hand
when we're falling off
the cliff
the emotion
that saves
us over
and over
again the 
thing that
binds us
grieves us
and chooses
who we
spend our
lives with
who we 
are devoted 
to and
who we 
never want
to let
go,chooses
who we
are in love with

by Bear Oshri Kane





















2 comments:

Unknown said...

Thank you, Tara and Max. This is truly beautiful.

Root Canal said...

Thank you for making this happen - great. And thanks for inviting me to joing