Why Artemis?

Recently I was speaking with my mom regarding this "blog thing" that I do. She apparently visits my site on occasion, and was full of questions about what it all means and why I do this. Funny thing is, it was my sister who started the whole obsession. She, electric banana (don't ask and I don't want to know), began a blog sometime back. I thought if I also blogged, we could stay in better contact and catch up with what we each were doing (she is in Florida and I am here). That was going pretty well until she got a boyfriend. Since that happened, she hasn't updated her blog at all. I, on the other hand, continue to dig and write to find my voice.

My mom dosen't understand why I would air my laundry, dirty or clean, for public viewing. Well....based on the few that leave comments, I think my viewership is rather low, and although I have a name and a face, I don't think the majority of those who read my blog actually knows much about me or my life outside of what I write. My blog is a way of being myself, expressing who I am, without undergoing any real scrutiny or critism. I like the anonymous aspect of it.

"So who is this Artemis?" my mom asked. I guess that is a bit of a lengthy story, which leads me back to why I am writing this post. Who is Artemis, and why is she the title to my blog? When I signed up for my blog account, I was stumped as to what this blog's title would be. Most the blogs I had visited said something about the author, a descriptor of their character or how they saw themselves. That was actually hard for me to do. After going through a few different titles, I became frustrated and just settled on something stupid that I can't even recall now.

At the same time I was entering the blog realm, the area I live in was undergoing a major renovation. The 9th and 9th district is known for its artsy, alternative, college crowd. Coffee houses, old theatres, small, locally owned boutiques, etc... Part of the renovation was to include scupltures of the 9 Muses at each corner of the 9th and 9th intersection. I was curious as to who these Muses were and what they represented. My research took me to a web page titled "What Greek Goddess are you?" Killing time, I decided to see what this was all about, and took a 20 questions quiz. The results stated that I am most like the Goddess Artemis. After doing some reading on her, I did find that many of her personality traits and what she stood for (her compassion for children and animals) did ring true for me. After a while, I started liking the idea of being Artemis-ish. Thus, Artemis Travels (Travels from Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley") was born.

My mom still thinks I'm nuts. Ironically, her questions where just the inspiration I needed to write another post today. Thanks mom!