A mixed bag of goodies

Ayra and the rusty Xylophone

As he sits in front of his laptop wondering how to start the next blog post he briefly reminds himself why he is sharing his experiences and stories with the internet. 

'I believe the world is made up of perspectives. Like the many shapes and colours you see in a kaleidoscope that make it fascinating and fun to look through so are the perspectives of the world. The world is in fact a kaleidoscope of perspectives. And this is my shape and colour!'

He takes a moment to pause and think of what to write next.

'Writing was never something I thought I'd want to try out as a sort of semi-career. I think the future is in video and audio. But I'm terrible at both of those. Maybe I could turn all of this text into audio for the podcast fans like me.' 

He imagines:

'It would be cool to just go around doing whatever I'm doing, cleaning the house picking up used diapers and slimy toys while the babies sleep and listen to someone who's written content. Maybe there's already an app for that? I got to google that and find out.'

He does a google search and finds out that he's a generation behind in the tech news category.

'I didn't know so many text-to-speech apps existed. But it would be awesome if every website had an option to turn on text-to-speech on each page being browsed or if the web browser itself had a plugin to enable it. Imagine that, no need to look at an illuminated screen for hours, less strain on the eyes, you can move around and do things, eat, fall asleep and somehow you're still receiving content from your favourite blogger. Hands free and eyes free!'

Going on a tech daydream spiral he wonders when and how virtual and augmented reality will influence the generation next.

'How would someone fuse AR with music tech?'

The reason why is pretty clear to him as the kaleidoscope metaphor floats about in his head. He believes that life gets interesting when you mix things up a bit. Being somewhat of an artist his philosophy revolves around this concept of experimentation. Using elements that are worlds apart and combining them to create a completely new element. 

'Fusion is everywhere! From the food we eat to the music we hear to the paintings we see to the perfumes we wear. It's the nature of nature itself to fuse and evolve or the other way around or both.'

He thinks of his children and the variation of genes they may have inherited from him and their mother. 

 

Breakfast with Amion is always a fun... for him 

'Norwegian, Irish, Polish, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese (Taiwanese), Nepalese, Papua New Guinean, South Asian, North African and Middle eastern.' 'Why did she get individual countries of origin while I got entire regions?'

He was frustrated that the DNA results only gave him the regions from where he was from while Kaitlin got each individual country of origin. He thought maybe it was because the regions he's from were quite mixed already. 

Moving on, he looks forward to his travels this September to India with his new family. Travel has always been a big part of his life. 

'I think I have gypsy genes!' 

Getting to experience new lands, cultures and people always attracted him. His mom lives in Ireland, pa in India with brother 1 and brother 2 lives in England. 

Moving between England where he was born and bred till around 10 and then moving to live with his father and back again has had it's impact on him. It has been a tough experience for him going through his parents decision to split up and being too young to understand what was happening. 

He now he resides in Norway, the land of chlamydia and most other STDs.

'Thank you 7-eleven for that sticky ad campaign. Now whenever I say 'Scandinavia' it's hard to not follow it up with the land of STDs'  

Their ad campaign has been all over the news with positive and negative repercussions. Kind of a mixed bag of reactions. 

'Norway is so much more than just STDs of course, and we'll be getting into that another time, but it's always interesting when you mix things up a bit!'

'How can I offer value with my content?' 

'How can I help another with my writing?' 

'What tools should I use to translate my experiences in order to help another?'

'Who can help me?'

These were the questions that popped into his mind as he got ready to finish his post on the platform. 

'I don't want to spend more than 2 hours on a blog post, I have a family, art and business to take care of but I still want to offer valuable tidbits that someone could remember for a lifetime'

It will take a while before he gets to know this community and for the community to get to know him but he is looking forward to connecting and keeping connected with the rest of the Steemers and sharing what's going on in his kaleidoscopic wonderful world.