FOUR HUNDRED

THIS POST IS NUMBER 400 SINCE DRIPPING GOLD BEGAN

NOT ONE WHO PARTICULARLY FOLLOWS ANNIVERSARIES I WAS TEMPTED TO LET THIS SLIDE BY

UNTIL I REMEMBERED A FUN COMOS FACT THAT CHANGED ALL THAT, AND MADE ME THINK

400!!!!!!

THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF WRITING, IMAGES, MUSIC AND SECRET MESSAGES 
TO FRIENDS, LOVERS AND FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN INTERTWINED ON THIS INTERWEB SCRAP BOOK OF MINE

DID YOU KNOW?

THE SUN IS APPROXIMATELY 400 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE MOON

IT IS ALSO APPROXIMATELY 400 TIMES FURTHER AWAY, 
CREATING THE TEMPORARY ILLUSION IN WHICH THE SUN AND THE MOON 
IN THE EARTH'S SKY APPEAR AS IF OF SIMILAR SIZE

THIS MAY SEEM LIKE YET ANOTHER ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE FACT, 

OF WHICH IT IS, BUT FOR A MOMENT I ASK YOU TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.

................... THIS IS YOUR MOMENT

EACH DAY AND NIGHT WE LOOK AT THE SUN AND MOON, 

AND IF YOU DON'T THEN YOU SHOULD 'LOOK UP' 

WHEN WE LOOK UP, IT SEEMS THAT THE SUN AND MOON ARE THE SAME SIZE, WHAT A WONDERFUL TREAT FOR THE MOON. TO BE SIZED AGAINST SOMETHING SO LARGE, AND GREAT AND YET, I THINK THE SAME APPLIES TO THE SUN. HOW BEAUTIFUL FOR IT TO BE BROUGHT SO CLOSE TO THE EARTH IN OUR EYES PLACED AGAINST OUR CLOSEST BUDDY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

DRIPPING GOLD BEGAN AS SOMETHING SMALL, WHAT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO. EVEN NOW, IT'S NOT BIG, IT'S INTIMATE (BEAR WITH ME THERE'S AN ANALOGY COMING..... WARNING). IT'S A HOUSE PARTY WITH THE BEST PEOPLE I KNOW ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND OCCASIONALLY, IN MY OWN LIVING ROOM I MEET SOMEONE NEW WHO TELLS ME HOW GREAT A TIME THEY'RE HAVING

WHEN I HAVEN'T POSTED IN A WHILE, OR AFTER POSTING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIZAAR I WILL GET AN EMAIL FROM A NEW PARTY GUEST AND I TELL YOU WHAT.  IN THOSE MOMENTS THIS HUMBLE LITTLE SCRAP BOOK THE SIZE OF THE MOON,  EXPANDS FAR OUT INTO THE UNIVERSE AND REACHES THE SUN. WELL, INSIDE MY CHEST THAT IS EXACTLY HOW IT FEELS.

THANK YOU TO THOSE NEW PARTY GUESTS, THANKS FOR COMING ALONG, THANKS FOR DANCING

AND I HOPE YOU LIKED THE PUNCH

FOR OLD TIMES SAKE FIND BELOW A COLLAGE OF RECENT IMAGES I LOVE AND TUNES I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO

ENJOY

xx