In case anyone wonders, the page layout is for ease of reading, editting and because I really dig the minimalist view. It may be a bit depressing (black page, nothing interesting going on) but it is certainly not the attitude, so much as the function driving the design.
With that I'm off to fix, reorganize, or clean something that probably should've been done several days ago. It's not that I've been lazy, but there's a lot to do and I like it to be done completely before I call it good. That and I seem to have developed a talent for taking on several related tasks at a time and forgetting to leave the house and do the stuff I really WANT to do occasionally as well. Namely take the canoe out and go fishing, drive to the coast, go to the mountains. How is it that I no longer enjoy that stuff nearly as much without the family to keep me company? I thought I'd be galavanting near and far but here I am typing away again. (HA!) What an unfortunate state of events. I should really look into that...
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Wishing I could have comforted someone
Its amazing to me how many people there are in the world, living together, or at least among one another and still feeling so alone. I say amazing only because I realize the sheer impossibility of it, but the human mind can isolate itself so well as to make the world seem a very lonely place.
I should put down right now that my sister provoked this vehicle of exploration and exhibition more than anyone else, but I read something this morning by someone calling themself shatteredhope11 that made me want to reach out in some form to anyone who feels there's noone out there that understands the craziness that is our singularity as humans.
If you think about it, we're all isolated until we attempt some escape from self. I was isolated here in my home, until I chose to fire this into the ether, but the opportunity and capability for interaction and engagement were always there. I hadn't exploited the option yet.
I hope that in some way the simple act of writing it out is cathartic for that individual, and their mind is at ease now for having gotten it out. The "bottling up" effect seems to be the most universally accepted psychological error on the planet, and if nothing else, perhaps we are all much more happily adjusted now that we've got an outlet. I hope so...(laughing)
I should put down right now that my sister provoked this vehicle of exploration and exhibition more than anyone else, but I read something this morning by someone calling themself shatteredhope11 that made me want to reach out in some form to anyone who feels there's noone out there that understands the craziness that is our singularity as humans.
If you think about it, we're all isolated until we attempt some escape from self. I was isolated here in my home, until I chose to fire this into the ether, but the opportunity and capability for interaction and engagement were always there. I hadn't exploited the option yet.
I hope that in some way the simple act of writing it out is cathartic for that individual, and their mind is at ease now for having gotten it out. The "bottling up" effect seems to be the most universally accepted psychological error on the planet, and if nothing else, perhaps we are all much more happily adjusted now that we've got an outlet. I hope so...(laughing)
Beginnings
Strange (to me) to start something like this on a beautiful sunny day, but as this is an exercise in some parts discipline, creativity, and necessity I guess it doesn't matter when or how, as long as it is begun.
This is to find and solidify if not completely rework my editorial and compositional style without abusing myself or my audience too much. To put it simply, I expect to be the only one reading this, and that works out very nicely for me, and if someone else should read it, it will be because they went looking for something to read and found this. Not really a disclaimer, more of a warning/apology in case a reader was looking for something particularly well-written or categorically definable.
This blog's purpose is to write whatever comes to mind, archive it, and make it easy for me to combine, discard, and edit it as things occur to me. I expect it will always be a work in progress, sort of.
This is to find and solidify if not completely rework my editorial and compositional style without abusing myself or my audience too much. To put it simply, I expect to be the only one reading this, and that works out very nicely for me, and if someone else should read it, it will be because they went looking for something to read and found this. Not really a disclaimer, more of a warning/apology in case a reader was looking for something particularly well-written or categorically definable.
This blog's purpose is to write whatever comes to mind, archive it, and make it easy for me to combine, discard, and edit it as things occur to me. I expect it will always be a work in progress, sort of.
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