Before stating what I want to address in my future blogging I want to say a few things about blogs in general. The essence of a blog is communication. There is little rationale behind publishing a blog without intending others to read it. However, I would venture to assume that some people, while publishing with full knowledge of the potential for viewing by others, do not retain this as their main intention. Rather, I think that there is a catharsis in the ambivalence that another might read what you've written--which are undoubtedly one's thoughts, at some times quite personal. I think that a blog can betray the essence of the thoughts conveyed within them. I do not support the opinion that blogging about certain topics is a matter for the insecure. I think a strange and queer dichotomy is represented here: the desire to express oneself coupled with the desire to protect one's thoughts (for once they enter the "blogosphere" those thoughts are no longer rebuttable as they would be in conversation and dialogue). This is not a universal maxim. Nevertheless, taken as a given, what wins out in the blogosphere is the desire to express and share information. Information wills like a living thing--knowledge truly is power.
This blog will cover a range of topics, issues, and interests. I have a love for poetry, philosophy, music, movies, technology, and literature. Politics will infuse itself into many of these topics, so I would not call it its own topic. I am in the midst of an education in law and have come upon many interesting revelations of how I formerly organized my conceptions about the world. My life is ever-changing.
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