Skip to main content

Epiphany

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.

Labels:
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The End (of Twitter) is Nigh?

 Social media started out as a novelty and became something that a good many people can't imagine living without. I use Twitter a lot. I love it. My wife is on Facebook and Instagram constantly, keeping in contact with family and friends, and for her business. My son spends so much time on Instagram and TikTok, that it's a wonder he gets anything else done. Every platform has its issues. They are bad with privacy, or made some changes that suck, or are owned by The Devil™. Everyone has their preferred site, and trash talks the ones they don't like. Yes, I'm generalizing and exaggerating. It's fun. But, the fact remains that no site is perfect. I'm on Twitter. I have been for over a decade. I love that site, I love the people I've met and connected with there. And now, all signs point to its inevitable demise. In my circles, the question of 'Where to Go Next' is being thrown around left and right. People say Mastadon is the place to go. Or Hive. Or… t...
Post a Comment
Read more

Flash Fiction - Finish Line

The neon lights flashed and flickered, giving the crowd surrounding the starting line the look of a rave. They were loud and staring, staring at the two machines crouched just behind the white line that had been hurriedly sprayed across the street. A light drizzle fell on the whole scene, making the dark pavement reflect the lights and faces, distorting them as the water trembled in time with the deafening music. Laach gripped the steering wheel as his vehicle rumbled beneath him. Though the night was cool, sweat beaded his forehead and he nervously glanced to his left, to the vehicle sitting next to his, to the driver inside. The other driver caught his glance and smiled at him, a mocking, arrogant smile. Kurt looked confident. Of course he did; he’d won every single ’scraper race he’d ever competed in. Laach jerked his head back around to face the front, nervously twisting his hands where they gripped the wheel. He had to win this match. If he did, the money he’d win would pay his...
Post a Comment
Read more

Reading Review - Claim the Sky

  This post contains affiliate links for DriveThruRPG. If you use one and make a purchase, I will earn a small percentage of that sale, and it will cost you nothing extra. Thank you for your support! For the TLDR rating, click here! It’s no secret that I am a big fan of tabletop role playing games. Also, I’m pretty sure I’ve written that exact sentence on this blog at least once before. I play a lot of games. I read a lot of game books. I think that my reading time is likely evenly split between game books and fiction books. Non-fiction is thrown in there, too, but I read a lot fewer non-fiction books than I do fiction and game books. Okay, getting out of the weeds, there: I recently picked up Claim the Sky , which is a superhero supplement for the Cypher System by Monte Cook Games . I read through the book, slowly and bit by bit and… I gotta say that I really love it. The Book Image from MonteCookGames.com Like all of the Cypher System books I have, it’s a beautiful book. The ...
Post a Comment
Read more