tamarjacobson

If you have arrived at this page I realize that you have taken the trouble to contact me for this blog’s username and password.

I appreciate the effort.

Thank you.

Oh, and by the way, the name of this blog comes from a comment once made at the Tamarika site by Jean at This Too. Thank you, Jean for your support and encouragement.

Update I

I hope to post the reason for this blog before I leave for Rhodes Island on Thursday. Will keep you posted (no pun intended … or … intended … hm … )

Update II

Yesterday, this piece in the New York Times Magazine had me gasping for breath. It hit so close to home I looked around to see if Daphne Merkin was in the room with me.

For over a year I have been writing a Tamarika: In and Out of Confidence blog. Looking back and thinking forward I think the confidence level is considerably altered. Self-alteration is never easy but it is definitely worthwhile.

When I left my last home my therapist gave me a piece by Martha Graham to accompany my new journey without him.

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is; nor how valuable it is; nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware of urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.

Perhaps this blog will be about that. Keeping the channel open. Being open and aware of urges that motivate me. Right now my urge is to start this weblog and see where it takes me.