Board Thread:2015 - A Year of Community/@comment-4050367-20151113002841

We are entering a hectic and insane time in our community. Tomorrow officially begins Clockwork Fest, and then soon after we will have our weekend-long sixth anniversary celebration. The last month has been full of chaos, hasn't it? Well I think that as the seasons change from Summer to Fall and Fall to Winter, we are undergoing our own changes.

But I'm not here to talk about change. I think we've had enough of that. Instead, I want to share with you a quote from the film Dead Poets Society:

''We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?''

What is it that you will do with your time on here? Will you waste your friendships and lives away creating enemies through hurtful lies and arguments? Or will you do something meaningful? Will you contribute to the community that loves you and you love back? What will you add to it? Be it a new series for writers to be inspired by, or innovation to make this place as best as it can?

Whatever it is, do it. Be on here not just to waste away the time, but to make something beautiful. To make beauty, to make art. To inspire others, to lead and create. This place isn't a reddit forum, but a place to practice and perfect our crafts, our arts, and to give birth to our hopes and dreams. Every episode you write is practice for a much brighter future, a better future in which you can make something of your life.

You have a single verse to add to this wiki's "play". What will your verse be? What will people remember you for? What legacy will you leave? How will you change each person's life for the better?

Have a good Clockwork Fest, and just consider what I've mentioned. 