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Fini
It had been a long time since I logged into the site to do
maintenance, and such. So long that I had forgotten my passwords! And it took a
few days of trying various combinations of letters and words before I fully
re-entered the domain of Invasive Thoughts.
When I started uploading and designing some of the page
layouts, though, it was like feeling the warm embrace of an old friend’s palm
as we said hello again.
This website and the familiarity we all have with it is like
a friend. It’s good to meet again. It’s hard to say goodbye. We might discuss
some difficult topics and delve deep into the subconscious and it may be full
of emotion, but at the end of it all, we’re proud of the journey we have taken
together.
I will definitely miss working on this online literary
journal. When I look back upon the 3 ½ years or so of creative collaboration, I
know that it allowed me, personally, the greatest growth as a writer and artist
that I have, as of yet, experienced. It was an outlet, an eye opener, a door
opener, and a skill builder.
It allowed me to write openly and freely about any topic
that I wanted to write openly and freely about. And if you go back through the
issues, you will weave quite a story from each of our collections of
contributions.
We put it out there, without shame, with little remorse ;-)
and with a lot of courage. In the beginning, when we all sat around the pool
that summer, we talked about wanting a site where we could express ourselves
exactly as we wanted, without being edited or censored or selected by juries;
and we wanted to provide that place for others to do the same.
I am proud to say that we did not set this up like so many
literary journals do: requesting contributions, needing contributions for
success, then having readers sit slyly behind a computer screen and judge every
entry that has been submitted.
We never did that, because Invasive Thoughts was always as
great as our wholly accepted and encouraged contributors and their works. And
it turned out to be pretty damn great because of that.
My greatest fear of placing a final chapter on this endeavor
is that I won’t find another environment as open to expression as this one,
that I won’t find that outlet that allows me to write, truly, freely, without
fear of judgment or critique, in the manner that I have been able to write for
IT.
It is an experience in which few other things rival its
merit and worth. For writers, there is almost nothing that can compare to the
purging feeling of being able to say exactly what you think and feel in an
environment of value and substance.
Thank you Invasive Thoughts for allowing me this environment
of creativity.
Thank you Readers and Contributors for being a part of this
journey.
With love,
Nicole Moore
Literary Editor for www.InvasiveThoughts.com
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