My ethnic background is Turkish, but not having ever lived there and for most of my life thinking my Turkish relatives were lame, I don't really identify that much as a Turk...although now that I'm an adult, I'm more open to it.
I lived in England for 4 very formative years and also in part to me being born there, I identify with the English, sometimes more than I do with the Canadians, which is ultimately what I am.
Getting out of ethnicity, I identify largely with musicians. I am dedicating my life to this and am often around others who have done the same. I speak the lingo.
But it's always changing and gaining elements of one thing and losing another. I guess it's like the old question... if a boat has a piece of it replaced and repaired every few months, after 20 years, is it the same boat? Over the last month I've gained several new aspects of my identity... gym attendee, food and food politics enthusiast, Battlestar Galactica super-fan. No doubt some of the things I so strongly identify with now that make me who I am will be lost.
Oh yeah and don't think you could slip this one by me, MM:
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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
A loner. A rebel...Dottie.  |