Vignettes by V

and other miscellany

Welcome

To my mosaic of fleeting impressions

An invitation to peer into a kaleidoscope of the everyday and the extraordinary.

I am not a blogger or an influencer. I am not much of an academic thinker, a researcher, or a certified professional. I am not always very attuned to the realities of the world.

However, sometimes I think the thoughts I have can be, at the least, moderately interesting. These are not proclamations or polished truths. I simply like to believe that if I share some words, photos, maybe videos, a few people will glance at them, a few will read them, and a few more will be thoroughly moved by them.

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So, In this space between titles and expectations, I gather my fragments of thought like wildflowers plucked from the edge of a dream—my own vignettes, if you will.

From my musings I hope that friends and family new and old will find snippets of joy or profundity and accept this invitation to pause, to wonder, to find kindred spirits in hidden corners of existence.

I offer this as a tapestry woven of moments—threads of joy, curiosity, introspection, and a hint of tattered beauty. I welcome you to wander through these musings, not as a reader in search of answers, but as a fellow seeker, tracing the contours of our shared humanity.

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Welcome to this untamed garden of thoughts. May you find sparks of inspiration to ignite your own creative journey, and may we together unfurl the quiet, unruly symphony of our souls.

Musings, photographs, and curiosities find their home here

Explore My fragments

Because I think and write things

Because I see and admire things

Because I want to share things

vi•gnette

/vinˈyet/

noun

noun: vignette; plural noun: vignettes

a brief evocative description, account, or episode.

2. a small illustration or portrait photograph which fades into its background without a definite border.

3. a small ornamental design filling a space in a book or carving, typically based on foliage.

verb

verb: vignette; 3rd person present: vignettes; past tense: vignetted; past participle: vignetted

to portray (someone) in the style of a vignette.
- produce (a photograph) in the style of a vignette by softening or shading away the edges of the subject

2. to describe something briefly.

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life.

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

What is it all for?

myself, and anyone vaguely interested

It’s a portfolio, a blog, a dynamic resume, or a little bit of each of those things. It’s a way to publish little works that I find worth sharing, to be a little bit vulnerable, and to motivate myself to continue creating.

I don’t actually know who, if anyone, will read and engage with any of it, but I know that when I look back in years to come, I will overflow with joy to have a collection of the moments I hope never to forget.