Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

I recently rediscovered 'Vienna' by Billy Joel. I am currently obsessed. Although I am not going to Vienna, its such a great preamble for traveling. Makes me happy :]

As I was looking into the meaning behind the song, (which I often do because I think lyrics can be pretty powerful) I discovered another reason as to why I like it so much.

Billy Joel describes the song saying, "Vienna, for a long time was the crossroads. During the Cold War, between the Eastern Bloc, the Warsaw Pact nations and the NATO countries was the city of Vienna... Vienna was always the crossroads - between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. So the metaphor of Vienna has the meaning of a crossroad. It's a place of inter...course, of exchange - it's the place where cultures co-mingle. You get great beer in Vienna but you also get brandy from Armenia. It was a place where cultures co-mingled."

I also read somewhere that on a trip to Vienna, Billy Joel witnessed how the city valued the elderly. Older people are useful and still have a lot of life in them and he compares that to how the elderly are treated in other countries especially America. We have this idea that once we're over the hill, we become more and more useless. But there is so much more life to live at any age and the older we grow, the more value our life has.

"slow down you crazy child,

take the phone off the hook

and disappear for awhile.

It's alright

you can afford to lose a day or two...

when will you realize

Vienna waits for you.."

Less than A Month!

Less than ONE month until I leave for Australia! That's right...23 days until life in another country! I can't wait :)

Why 'Wet Paint'?

A gentleman once asked me, if I had an autobiography written about me, what would I name it. I thought for a second, sorted through my brain for appropriate titles. The Life of Me. The First 20 Years. Or simply, Kiki Wilson: An Autobiography. These would do. But none of them represented me or my life. I closed my eyes to concentrate and pulled from the depths of the folds in my brain.

I responded, "wet paint."

Why, Wet Paint?

Changing the color of walls in a room. You start with a primer, making a thick coat to neutralize the existing color. And then you begin with the first layer of the sunshine yellow paint. You wait, it dries. From that point on, you add another coat of the liquid art. and another. and another. and another. Each coat making the final masterpiece that much more beautiful.

I'm young, I have a lot of learning, experiencing, and growing up to do. Right now, the chapters of my life are much closer together and I am closing doors as I move on to opening new ones. Every experience that I have is a new layer of that sunshine yellow. I'm in the midst of one chapter in my life but I am about to embark on an additional new chapter. The walls are wet with a new skin..

The Beginning

I'm Kiki, some call me Keeks, Key, K, or Shakiki. I'm heading to Australia for 5 months and I can't wait to embark on a new adventure. I'm simple, just enjoying life and attempting to squeeze the most out of the journey...