Today’s a big day. Although Halloween is possibly a more popular holiday, today may be a more festive and ethereal day worldwide.
In Mexico and the Philippines, today is celebrated as Dia De Muerto, Day of the Dead, wherein the lives of ancestors are honored. On this day, the spirits of the deceased visit us in the waking, living world. (Maybe the ancestors can be accessed by Google-ing aspects of our own DNA, or maybe the interface between the living and the dead is experienced using a more traditional, ghoulish interface.)
Catholics celebrate today as All Saints Day. Tomorrow the rest of the (faithfully departed) souls are honored during All Souls Day.
Today also heralds the beginning of Diwali in India, a joyful five-day festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs.
Today is also a new moon.
Interests: Anything with an ING:
dancing, biking, listening, talking, writing, reading,
watching, eating, drinking, running, thinking, working, dreaming,
surrendering, laughing, smiling, acting, traveling, singing, surfing,
driving, shopping, thanking, observing, welcoming, connecting,
loving, learning, sharing, practicing, asking.
Inspiration: Books: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke/
Music: Linkin Park and The Cure/
People: My mother and all of those that have come before me that have fought their
own battles and didn't give up/
Places: Carl Schurz Park, New York, NY/
Movies: In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Stealing Beauty, Beautiful Girls, When A Man Loves a Woman, In America, Magdelene Sisters, The Notebook, Run Fat Boy Run/
Things: Causes worth fighting for: Lupus and other auto-immune disorders, Organ Donation and impoverished and at-risk youth.