A Particular Perspective...

Long-form amateur philosophy, and a dash of self-help.
Literally through writing it out.
I'm trying to untangle the threads of truth and beauty both, while also figuring out how to be a better (saner? kinder? more logical?) person.

While I enjoy poetry immensely, it is in code. And it usually comes across as more of a snapshot than an investigative discussion of a point of view. Not everyone's cup of tea.

In this website, I am trying to authentically locate myself within the world through words and images. Doing so honestly, means, sometimes, speaking plainly and describing what I see from where I am. This is a bit more vulnerable for me than describing what I see with imagery in a poem, because it means that here, in this blog, I am doing my best to make sense, rather than make art. And trust me, making sense has never been my best thing.

For one thing, there is a real risk of others taking my words and using them to place me right back in the boxes I am trying so hard to climb out of.  Fair enough. Maybe that's really the only way we understand each other - through broad strokes and generalizations, and all the shortcuts humans use to make predictions as to where another person is going.

I really hope not, though. I'd like you to know me, not just my descriptors. I'd like to really know others as well, and I'm working to locate myself so that I have a solid chance of a clear and steady view, with some time to notice the small details that make each of us so interesting, and so crucial.

Identity is everything. And I'm approaching this issue as a specific problem that comes with the territory. The unexplored territory. The territory I find myself within.

Hey there! How's it going in your neck of the woods?

Here's how it's going in mine.