This past weekend, I experience an epiphany. My family and I went to an outdoor concert of The Desert Winds, led by my son's band teacher. That man is so passionate about music. He shared his passion with the audience through introductions and history snippets of each piece the band played. He shared his feelings about a couple of the pieces, and explained why one of the pieces was so important to him, having been a favorite of an old teacher of his who passed away a couple years prior.
I wanted to feel that same passion about something in my life. I want my life to have that same color, that same rhythm, that same passion that he showed. I thought about it a lot, and I realized that I do feel that in a small way, for the written word, for stories. I figured that If I can learn to experience that same fire for the written word and the stories that I love, I can experience that same excitement for life that he showed.
The written word has fascinated me for a very long time. It's a complex construction; a bunch of squiggly lines that combine to form combinations of shapes we recognize that convey concepts and information. These tiny little lines can put my thoughts into your head! And not only that.
It can put your thoughts into my head!
Yes, it's communication. Yes, there are many mediums we use to share information: conversation, visual art, performance, audio, TV, movies. It's all wonderful and really blows my mind, but the written word is what really moves me.
That's why I've decided to create my own blog. I love to read. I love sharing stories. I love to write, through I don't do it as much as I want, or feel like I should.
I'm passionate about written stories, and I want to grow that passion, develop it. I want to study it in my own way. I want to think about it deeply and learn more as I do. I want to talk about it with other people and learn why they're passionate about written stories.
That is my mission statement for this project, I guess: Talk about writing and stories to share and grow my passion for both. Am I an expert? No. Am I good at it? I don't think so, but hopefully some day! Will it be an educating and entertaining read? I certainly hope so. Are there any more questions? Not that I can think of at the moment.
So, there we have it, the purpose of this blogging project, and the story of why I started it. Thank you for reading.
