Renaissance Man in Remission

"A renaissance man or polymath is a person who is skilled in multiple fields or multiple disciplines, and who has a broad base of knowledge. The term renaissance man is largely based on the various artists and scholars of the European Renaissance, (starting in about 1450 CE), who pursued multiple fields of studies. Perhaps the quintessential renaissance man of this period was Leonardo Da Vinci, who was a master of art, an engineer, an anatomy expert (for the time), and also pursued many other disciplines with great success and aplomb."

At times I consider myself the layman's renaissance man. Growing up I wanted to be a teacher, a paleontologist, an artist, photographer, curler, a cook and who knows what else. I drew very well and started drawing at an early age and was going to be a comic book artist however that feel to the way side to wanting to be a chef and that feel to the way side of wanting to work in retail and become a buyer which fell to working in banking and becoming a manager of some department. Which interesting enough you don't need to have a background in finance to work in, you don't have to be talented leader and yet anyone can rise to ranks of "Assistant Vice President".

So at the gym this morning, after being away for 3 days due to congestion. I thought the pumping of blood through my heart and veins and the flexing of my lungs and muscles would be a great way to clear my lungs of any remaining mucus. For the first time I really let myself hit that moment of ZEN that I guess others achieve in the gym. Like the green light meditation I completed yesterday my mind cleared and a moment of "ah ha" came through. Who am I, what I am, Where do I belong. I am David,I am Sushia and we are one. In this gym zen moment what occurred to me is that I am working too hard on trying to fit in, be part of the pack and letting other's thoughts and words control me.

I have always wondered with which way the wind blows me, my ideas, my interests vary like that of the pattern of the spider's web and yet I've let myself lose track of my varied interests, I've let myself lose myself. I love and am good at and know of many things and yet because society wants us to become specialized in one habit, one utility to become "great" I've let myself go in that respect.

Like Greg Lynn said, Spring is the time for cleansing. Our bodies cleanse toxins and poisons, the world cleanses herself of waste in rains and melting snows and so too must I complete this cleanse. Rid myself of those things that have been holding me back, take the required actions so that the Summer of Myself will come into full bloom. A garden untended can only grow wild and garden bed of my life has been left far to untended.