no other word but

Amazing.

I am still in Las Vegas, but The Amazing Meeting 6 has come to its official end. But like Phil Plait says, and I paraphrase, I will be energized for weeks - months later even. I feel a renewed sense of purpose in terms of my place within this skeptical community. I have met so ordinary people doing such extraordinary things to further the promotion of critical thinking and science literacy. I am really looking forward to exploring the intersection between the scientific process and how it informs artistic expression. I'm also looking forward to examining a variety of labels in this process: skeptic, artist, scientist, activist and atheist.

I'd also like to put out a special welcome and a big THANK YOU to those of you I met at TAM this week/end. The speakers and events were fantastic, but ultimately the most amazing part of TAM is the connections I made with other skeptically-minded folk. While my blog is not a science or skeptical blog, I am obviously employing critical thinking on my quest for personal growth and understanding. My deepest hope is that my own personal experiences will encourage you to employ the same depth of reflection on your own personal labels.

And as an even further aside, I'd just like to say thank you to one particular woman I met that touched my heart in a very deep way this week. Meeting you has inspired within me the feelings of awe and humility at how there is so much humans have to learn. You know who you are, Little Miss, and I look forward to knowing you.

More to come - thanks for being here.