Post by Just Kara (for now) on Aug 17, 2007 14:52:04 GMT -5
I thought you folks here would understand what I mean in this blog, and so, seeing as I am feeling especially sentimental currently I thought I'd share.
I realized something today. I was so much a child three years ago, so much so that I took for granted, not ever really understanding, the power that Avaloch holds. I never believed in magic before, I do now. I can't explain it, and every time I try to write about it at any length the words start to sound trite and contrived. What I do know, is that it takes a certain type of person to love it, the way I do. It takes something special to keep coming back year after year. The faire itself holds this magic, but I think there is a certain different, more passionate, more vulnerable, experience from being part of the cast.
I didn't know or understand that in 2004 when I auditioned. It was just a cool experience, something new to transcend the summer between high school and college. And then it was about a boy. Someone that actually cared about and loved me for more than just sex. And then, after the boy was gone...it was something more. Something stronger.
Even now I don't quite understand it all. My very best friends in the world scatter at the end of August, but for three or four months, we're there together. And with some of them, I know I've been there before, that this is only another chapter in our long story. And with others, it's brand new, and exciting, but no less important.
I guess this post only makes sense to those that love Avaloch the way I do, and there are a lot of us. For us, all roads lead back here. Back to this place that is truly our heart's home. It always will be. And for anyone out there reading, I will always love you. Always know you. Always try to make you feel that love. No matter the years, distance, or life that comes between us....we have each other. And Avaloch, and when we're there, we are home.
"You will always be with me wherever I go"
Love-
Kara Anne
I realized something today. I was so much a child three years ago, so much so that I took for granted, not ever really understanding, the power that Avaloch holds. I never believed in magic before, I do now. I can't explain it, and every time I try to write about it at any length the words start to sound trite and contrived. What I do know, is that it takes a certain type of person to love it, the way I do. It takes something special to keep coming back year after year. The faire itself holds this magic, but I think there is a certain different, more passionate, more vulnerable, experience from being part of the cast.
I didn't know or understand that in 2004 when I auditioned. It was just a cool experience, something new to transcend the summer between high school and college. And then it was about a boy. Someone that actually cared about and loved me for more than just sex. And then, after the boy was gone...it was something more. Something stronger.
Even now I don't quite understand it all. My very best friends in the world scatter at the end of August, but for three or four months, we're there together. And with some of them, I know I've been there before, that this is only another chapter in our long story. And with others, it's brand new, and exciting, but no less important.
I guess this post only makes sense to those that love Avaloch the way I do, and there are a lot of us. For us, all roads lead back here. Back to this place that is truly our heart's home. It always will be. And for anyone out there reading, I will always love you. Always know you. Always try to make you feel that love. No matter the years, distance, or life that comes between us....we have each other. And Avaloch, and when we're there, we are home.
"You will always be with me wherever I go"
Love-
Kara Anne