At the Intersection of Jan to Feb 2011

it's the last day of January.
I am just starting this blog.  At the intersection of months.  Perfect.


I have always found myself drawn to the space at the intersections of things.  Places where different people, ideas, institutions and objects come together; sometimes gently bumping into each other, other times with a hard jolt.  I grew up in the middle of the intersection of 5 kids, so intersections feel familiar.   I find the space where things intersect to be very alive and full of potential & possibility. 


Last day of January presents an intersection;  an ending and a beginning, where one month passes the baton to the next. Day's of the week continue on and most of us don't notice much of anything.  I wonder--  Do all intersections hold a beginning and an end?   What is ending as January passes into February in my life? What is beginning?


[and -- how is an intersection different from an interruption?  The answer that comes to me: interruptions stops things while intersections helps things keep moving.]


How does how I hold the meaning of the word bear any resemblance to what the dictionary says it means?


Intersection to cut or divide by passing through or across, to have one or more points in common, to cut through, sever
Intersect  1610s, from L. intersectus , pp. of intersecare  "intersect, cutasunder," from inter-  "between" + secare  "to cut" (see section)


If I stick with the original (1610)  meaning of intersection, I am left with 'between cuts'.  


I can roll with that.


In this I hear intersections are what's between one thing and all it's related to.  And while later definition say it is 'to cut or divide by passing through'... I choose to see intersections as the place that brings things together; where potential can enter and move something, anything, to a better place.