ambivalence |amˈbivələns|nounthe state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone: the law's ambivalence about the importance of a victim's identity |government ambivalence toward the arts.
I used to think that ambivalence meant that you felt kind of neutral or beige, like the french word for so-so: comme ci, come ca.
Now I understand that one can both love and abhor the same person at the same time.
This blog is about the little and big thoughts that pop into my head. I once read that when Flannery O'Connor walked into a bookstore, she would want to edit her published works with a red pen. In the digital world, we have the luxury of tweaking things up after we've hit the publish button. I can be a perfectionist/procrastinator, where waiting for the ideal means little gets done. Here I will share what is not--and likely will never be--perfect.
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