Eclectic

So, in mulling over my previous post (see Eccentric from earlier this week), it seemed obvious to me what the E-word of the day should be...

eclectic
Adj. Consisting of components from diverse sources or styles.

Perhaps eclectic is what I really mean when I say that I am eccentric. Maybe I'm not a nutter, maybe I am just a bit more skewed on the map than the average folk. There is very little rhyme or reason to my collection of tastes. Decor that is matchy-matchy tends to irk me. Anything that smacks of uniformity drives me bats. But it really extends beyond the tangible for me when I talk about my eccentric or eclectic tendencies. It is about a diversity of experience, of mood, of sentiment. It's about running in the rain, and African chant, and poetry, and whimsy. Hundreds of other adjectives on the ever-changing list of things that move me. It is the stuff that keeps life interesting. Does that make me fickle?