It Has Begun

If you're reading this, I'd like to welcome you to this new experience, which is new for me as well. I've avoided the blog craze up to this point, the reasons being many and varied. However, despite a natural resistance to trends, recent discussions with friends have given me the idea that there are some inherently good things about blogging that I should really be tapping into. The first and foremost of these is that public communication can force you to think about what's being said, which is particularly important if you ever want to stand by it. Public expression has an element of commitment that toiling over thoughts in private does not. In public, ideas can be challenged and refined, sentiments supported or critiqued. I figure this is just too invaluable to not give it a shot. It's my intention to use this space as a place to capture some of the experiences of my life in words for this purpose, and likely for other purposes that evolve out of the process. My relationship with words, particularly written language, is best described as love-hate, so I guess I'm going to find out which end of that spectrum this blog manages to inspire in me.

Thank you for stopping by. Maybe we'll see you again.