Looking for Light in the Dark

[Slide On The Ice]

For some time now, I've been considering starting a new journal that would be made up of the inspirational ideas, motivational messages, and enlightening entries that I sometimes think of and write to inspire myself and others.

On my profile of one of my blogs (not my MySpace one) I wrote this about myself, and that journal:
My blog is both positive and negative, both light and dark, both a comedy and a tragedy, both fun and ranting. However, even in the ever-present darkness, there is a light striving to break through the gloom and shine outward, and that is also depicted in my blog via my deep thoughts, my random philosophies, and my comical observations and ramblings.

What I've thought about doing, is making an additional journal not expressing varying modes of lightness and gloom, but only of the light, the inspiration, the deeper levels of thought that I sometimes--both successfully and unsuccessfully--try to convey.

In my novel, the one I completed so long ago but never got published, that I want to submit again but need to re-edit to improve the narrative, there is a man who goes through a terrible tragedy that destroys his dreams. Several years later in the storyline, I wrote about him being near suicide, of sitting at his window in the middle of the night with a blade held against his wrist, gazing at the darkness outside and using it to symbolize the darkness in his heart. But then he notices a malfuntioning streetlight, flickering on and off in the darkness. The light would come on for a couple of seconds and drive away the darkness, only to flicker off and be consumed by it again. The character noted that the light was in competition with the darkness, and was struggling to overcome it. Then suddenly the light flickered on and stayed on for the rest of the night, somehow strong enough again to repel the darkness. He related that to himself and wondered how he would find a light within him to repel his own darkness. At that point he put the knife back in the drawer, feeling hope in what had seemed like a message to him. For that reason, using that message, I have thought about naming my new journal Flickering Light on a Dark Road, or something of that nature.

I've also thought about the title having something to do with removing a mask, such as when Anakin Skywalker returned to the good side of the Force and had Luke remove his mask to be able to see him with his own eyes, unshrouded by darkness.

I've also considered the idea that I am so fascinated by skyscrapers (my Lego city, anyone?) and that a spire reaches higher, hence the inspiration for the word "inspire" as in to think higher. So for that reason I've considered "Lightspire", inSPIREed, Spire of Fire, Inspirewire, and some other variations; all with the combined concepts of reaching higher, inspire, being on fire (creatively), of reaching higher and casting a light to inspire from the height of the spire, etc.

What I would like, if I've held your interest thus far, is for you to help me choose the name for this new journal, based in part by what you've read from me previously, and by what you read above. I will tell you that I may not necessarily choose the highest voted title after all, but your feedback is still appreciated. I will also tell you that I am heavily leaning toward Lightspire, Spire of Fire, or some variation, but don't let that influence your choices.

I keep going back to Lightspire in my mind, envisioning this tall tower in the center of a dark, despairing valley of people, casting a light outward to try to illuminate their darkness.

It's tough for me to choose, being that I want the title alone to convey symbolic meaning and both titles convey it the most in my mind. But then there are others I had listed that also convey part of what I mean to say, such as the Streetlight on a Dark Street.

Thank you for your help, your feedback, and hopefully your reading of it when it is launched.

[michael^heaven]

Based upon the choices presented, I would choose Inspirewire.

[web_norah]

Originally Posted by michael^heaven

Based upon the choices presented, I would choose Inspirewire.

me too

[Bling]

me too love the sound of it . rolls off the tounge

[mr.miami]

Sounds too much to me like if the gloves don't fit you must acquit.

[Slide On The Ice]

Originally Posted by Sr.Miami

Sounds too much to me like if the gloves don't fit you must acquit.

What does? "Inspirewire", or the whole project?

[mr.miami]

inspirewire comes off a little cornballish to me

[Slide On The Ice]

What did you vote for then? Or did you?

[coach]

Guys, come on, obviously, he should call it "Slide On The Ice".

[Slide On The Ice]

Originally Posted by coach

Guys, come on, obviously, he should call it "Slide On The Ice".

Good idea Coach, and I know why you feel that way. However, even though you have a spot-on idea about Slide on the Ice, and I believe in the term that I chose for my user name, I still want to use something different than what I already used, and more toward the Lightspire, The Light Within, or Inspirewire or Inspireshine-like concepts.