Variations on a theme

I used to believe in change.

Traditionally associated with “mutability” as opposed to “immutability,” change or the possibility of it means imperfection—reaching, becoming.

I used to want to change.

But then I realized that I wasn’t sure if I could. I wasn’t sure if change was really a possibility—the same things kept coming up over and over again, just in different forms.

And then someone suggested to me the idea of “variations on a theme.” And this is what I wrote:

“Variations on a theme—a theme that gets better and better, more and more resonant, aching, beautiful—constantly rewritten into something that is me (not me), expresses me (does not express me). In its entirety, it is powerful beyond belief.”

Now, on an essential level—I have no desire to change.

~ by maylin2 on March 10, 2009.