new beginnings...

I chose the name "antevasin" for my blog because I recently read a book that described the word and I felt like it was describing me. It is a word and an idea that really resonated with me. Antevasin, is a Sanskrit word, it means "one who lives at the borders." Apparently it originally referred to people who chose to leave the safety of their homes and venture out to the edge of the forest where the spirits dwelt, in order to uncover the answers to the sacred in their lives. In "Eat, Pray, Love," Elizabeth Gilbert describes it as " living on that shimmering line between your old thinking and your new understanding."
One day I was walking around our local bookstore and I saw the title "Eat, Pray, Love" and knew I had to read it before I even knew what it really was about. In short, it is about a woman going through a messy divorce who decides to travel to Italy, India, and Indonesia for a year of self discovery. Totally me! (Well minus the divorce part anyway...) It was an easy read but a great book overall and I highly suggest it to anyone who is in a bad relationship and dreaming of a new life...

So welcome to my new (and first) blog! I hope to blog about all things beautiful to me. Travel, food, music, film and love.