Words of Art: Award Inauguration

Inaugurate: to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence or begin; also, to introduce into public use by some formal ceremony
With the help of Beth M, at Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Taken, I have created this award -- my photo, digitally improved and caption-added, by Beth.

Beth's blog posts, initially, germinated within me the idea of an award for WRITTEN posts. Although Beth shares her gorgeous photographs, she also writes something to accompany them. From the moment I began reading her blog, I found that MOST days, something she said stayed fresh & forward in my mind, that I kept returning to the thought or idea or laugh.

Writing is something I've done since I was 2. Writing is as beautiful, rich, layered and difficult a creative art as any, as all. In Bloglandia, though, I've yet to see an award focused directly on WORDS OF ART. The writing. I wanted to put that into place.

There is no 'tagging' involved in this award. Recipients can forward the award to others, or not, as they choose, as many or few as they wish. The purpose of the award is to thank someone who has taken his or her creative energy and honed it to a written expression that moves you. I wanted to keep it a simple image, and ripe fruit is so true of ripe words!

I have a few writers of my own to thank, here, with this inaugural award post. They are:
1. Beth, who initially inspired the award.
2. Roxanne, whose posts/thoughts always follow the path directly to my core.
3. Lee, who writes so genuinely, so openly, that she inspires me to keep peeling away the artifice!
4. Holly, for being willing to crack open the hard shells, ask pointed questions, serve up deliberate and addictive BRAIN FOOD, for written sustenance of the going-deep variety.
5. Rick, for the honest musings and male life point of view that makes reading his blog so fresh!
6. Cam, for exuberance and enthusiasm, tempered with wisdom, introspection, authenticity, and reflection.
7. Sam, for exploring the wealth of richness in the legend and lore of women, for distilling the knowledge for those of us who are novices, and giving reason for a celebration of our femininity!

I celebrate you ALL with this most-deserved award, created because of you seven.