Apparent Horizon

ho·ri·zon : the apparent junction of earth and sky - called also apparent horizon

For numerous hours I have been sitting behind a desk glaring at the glowing pixels of a computer screen, listening to music, and pondering with a whirlwind of thoughts. During this excursion of mental saturation I decided that I needed to create, with little effort, yet another new blog that would be used to showcase my creative dabbling in poetry and photography. The burden came from choosing a suitable title that would somehow capture the attention of internet addicts and the occasional blog reader. Little did I know, at the time, creating such a title would turn into an unintentional headache.

At first I started wandering through pages of the dictionary to get the day old rust bucket brain oiled. A few words captured my attention so they were noted on the canary yellow paper of the brainstorming legal pad. One idea would spark another so that I would have to hurry and refer back to the great book of Webster before another idea would get lost in the slipstream. Many symbolic and metaphorical titles were formed but did not satisfy the content of my new blog.

Then I thought of a word that has been stuck in the wheels and cogs for a few days. I decided to turn to the dictionary and look up the word horizon, not that I don’t know what it means, I was just curious. The definition stated: the apparent junction of earth and sky – called also apparent horizon. That definition had a symbolism that I could personally relate to. To me, it meant the junction between truth and fiction, reality and fantasy.

Somehow, the title “Apparent Horizon,” just seemed fitting since life can consist of a harsh reality and an escaped reality. It’s at the junction between these two that we can find balance in ourselves through literature and art. And through this process of writing and capturing light I hope to find that I will never need to enlist the help of a psychologist.