In the early hours of the day, before the world wakes up, it is surprising what comes to mind, or comes through it.

Clouds ripple, sand in sky.
If I write there,
Or make pictures in the sand,
Will the tide come and wash it clean?

A fresh start, smoothed brand new.
If I tread there,
Or some creature makes its trail,
Will it be as though it didn’t?

It seems fitting to me that this new site has been launched today: the Day of Fools, April 1st. The Fool symbolizes all that is innocent inside us. We all begin as fools, not knowing that this is bad, or that is good, or that is dangerous. A fool leaps before he looks. A fool acts before thinking. Depending on your point of view, that could be a good thing, or a bad thing. You might think, “Yes, it is good I know to be frightened of going too near the edge of that cliff, otherwise I might fall off.” The fool would have no such reservation. He’d be there on the edge, getting the very best view he could.

Without the fool inside, many of us would have a boring life of it, so “knowledgeable” that we are scared of everything, and risk nothing. Well, the fool knows nothing, and risks everything, with an ignorance and yet an innocence that we all might do well to recapture.

It is with this spirit, then, that I launch this site. We start here at the beginning, where we are all fools, and where we haven’t yet learned to be frightened. Let us hope that as the world helps to shape us from our experiences, and as knowledge is gained, something of the fool remains inside us, so that we may take that leap into the unknown, in love, in pursuit of our dreams, and in examining our very existance.

Welcome to the new abarefootman.co.uk site. This site will be always evolving, always finding itself, much like we all are.

Check out the About section for a more detailed explanation of what this site is all about, and the Contact section to find a little bit more about me and how to contact me.

Explore, have fun, and tread lightly!