"I am not my hair, but my hair is me"

This piece is more of a 'journal entry' than creative writing. But considering the description of this blog is that it's where I put my thoughts and feelings into words, it seemed quite fitting to post it here. Maybe a few girls can relate to this.


The Aussie shampoo philosophy is "there's more to life than hair but it's a good place to start" and this sums up what I believe hair is all about.
I've been doing a lot of self-reflection/ soul-searching lately (I guess nearing the quarter century age mark does that to a person, lol :)) and I've come to realize that any time I've done something drastically different to my hair, it was concurrent with some changes in my life. I won't say my changing hair led to life changes but in a way, the hair always seemed to finish off or complete what my inner self had already started.
Roughly about a week ago (at the time of writing), I cut off my hair. A few months prior to that I made the decision to quit using relaxers, hair extensions etc, etc and literally go back to my roots. I have found that this was in a way an external manifestation of my internal frustrations and metamorphosis.
Cutting my hair has freed me in so many ways - physically; no more annoying and expensive trips to the salon for one (at least not for a while yet, haha!) and psychologically; too personal to put here ;).
I see my short hair as a new beginning, a clean slate to write on; a 'tabula rasa' of sorts. And as my hair grows, so will I grow along with it. I might make a few mistakes along the way, but that's what growing up is all about.
     - 3rd May, 2012

My 'tabula rasa'  hair ;)