My Most Dear Eltu .... I made a promise to you that I haven't kept .... tsap'alute. Yes, my emotional quagmire is calming down. Yes, I know you do care about me as I care about you. Yes, I will PM you soon. Right this moment, I am trying to prepare to leave for our Seattle meetup in a few days .... but too excited to do much except wander around in a daze. I want you to be there with us .... really, really, really wish you could.

I haven't heard from you in a long time - please tell me everything is alright.

You know I care.

Kaltxi my Dear Eltu ... thank you for thinkiing of me and for your offer of a compassionate soul. You have been on my mind almost non-stop lately and I promise you a proper message within the next couple of days. Stay as sweet as you are.

Kaltxì!

Just thought I'd drop in - are things faring well with you? Still feeling stressed?

I'm always here to talk if you feel the need to.

Once again, sorry for the delay - this last week has been insanely eventful for me, so I'm having a hard time getting my thoughts straight.
And indeed, I feel the very same way regarding Avatar. It goes so much beyond the physical movie itself... it goes beyond the scenes, the characters... it's something much more, and something impossible to put a name on.

In fact... I'm very curious of what you think about this:
http://www.tree-of-souls.com/communi...tml#post111374

It basically sums up all my feelings of Avatar, and why I have chosen never to see it again. I feel like you understand me in so many regards - so I'd be really glad if you read it through.

And "Avatar is your world the way you think it should be." - thank you so much for sharing this, it is some beautiful wording and something I'll definitely remember.

Happy to meet you too,

Eltu

God morgon Eltu ~ thank you for sharing your IRC conversation with me ... you do know how closely that touched me, don't you? Like all of us, I am asked by "outsiders" why I have this profound connection to Avatar ... and I immediately get tears in my eyes (like now) because my emotions are embedded so deep in my core and because they have no words to shape around them. You are the first person who has said that it is ok to NOT try and dissect the magic ... to just let it be and to honor it for what it is. Thank you. You do realize that you are a very unique and special person?

I dated a psychotherapist for a while who tried to sum up my emotional attachment by saying, "Avatar is your world the way you think it should be." Not bad and it gives me a coherent answer to give to the "outsiders."

Irayo for your link to the forum t-shirts ... I LOVE them ... and hope we can make them available. Is there any way I can help?

I am so happy to meet you.

That is very true. True emotions cannot - and should not - ever be explained through mere words. I actually just had a conversation on IRC on this topic,

08:03:09 <tbw> I'm not sure what kind of Avatar fan I am
08:04:24 <Eltu> tbw: and you shouldn't be. Rationalising such a deep concept would be diminishing what makes it so magical. There is no reason labeling it.
08:11:30 <tbw> what do you mean?
08:14:12 <Eltu> I mean, that in my experience it's better just letting your feelings be - not try to understand them because, as feelings, they are beyond our scope of understanding.

It pretty much sums my opinion up there.

As for the T-shirts - if you have not seen it already, here's the official thread with the designs and progress:
http://www.tree-of-souls.com/feedbac...tml#post129780

Whew! Ghaziya is relieved! Could you tell I really was concerned that my newfound friend (you) was starting to regret that he had reached out a hand of friendship?

Confused and non-understandable? All the better ... that gives us something to build on. Many feelings can't be, or don't have to be, explained; the right person will "see" them when it's time.

Irayo for your thoughts about the t-shirts. I am so excited about being here that I want to share my happiness with the world.

No, you have not frightened me off - not at all.

I have just been very busy the past days - and I did not want to reply to your message in such a state since I had a feeling it'd just come out confused and non-understandable.

I am not feeling uncomfortable at all - rather the opposite, since you still remind me very much of myself, somehow. And about that - and the reason I said we might have much in common - I honestly do not know how to explain it. It's just a feeling, nothing less, nothing more. I guess it's just... something familiar. (hey, I told you my reply would be confusing! )

As for the T-shirts, we are looking into means of selling them. As soon as we have that solved, I will definitely let you know.

Ohmigosh Eltu ~ I have frightened you off already ... sorry about that! Please forgive me if my response to your "curiosity" made you feel uncomfortable. I often don't filter my thoughts before I speak.

I do have a question to ask and I don't know where to look for the answer. Does the Tree of Souls have t-shirts for sale with our beautiful logo on it? I was thinking it would be a wonderful way to immediately identify ToS members when we arrive for the meetup in Seattle. If we don't have an "official" shirt, what would be the chances of having them made? Thank you for your help, Eltu.