The "WHY?"

The question I've begun to ask myself is, "why have I created this blog?":

I think that while a lot of incredible ideas are born without an understanding of where they are going or what they are for, there reaches a point where that particular idea risks fading into nothingness without the definition of purpose. Like everything else, however, there seems to be a strict balance between letting an idea blossom from that initial spark of creation and kindling that spark with the nourishment of thought and analysis. Too much of either seems to leave the fire unborn. The entire game of life just might be variations of the give and take of this particular balance.

I've only written one blog so far. A call to arms that came from an overwhelmingly intense reaction to what seemed like just an everyday nuisance. Something in the formula of the scenario, however, gave birth to this manifesto of sorts on how that microcosmic event was just a reflection of a larger picture. I was tired of feeling that burning desire for change, that need to "revolt!"- and just letting my rational mind calmly pat out another spark of creation itching for life.

That's what almost all of us do, afterall. We learn very quickly that our feelings are irrational in the broader scope of civilization and we experience that the more we pat out those beautiful flames, the easier we fit in and the more likely we are to get the things we want.

Now I'm no anarchist. Really. I don't damn the man or damn the system. And I don't think we should all preserve the childish fits that are our first means of communication. But like any good parent realizes that a child cries for a reason, I believe we need to realize that we continue to feel the urge to throw fits for equally as valid reasons. Our eyes see something that no one else sees and I believe rather than mature into complacency, we are better off teaching ourselves to interpret these fits, see why they're there and dismiss them if they don't serve us and translate them into something proactive if they do.

That's the purpose of this blog. To take these thoughts, these fits, these perspectives of life and what could make it better and translate them into a language that may or may not affect change within myself or another reader. The important thing for me, however, is that I am attempting to instigate a dialogue. I'm attempting to spread some desire to empower our basic instincts and our natural desire to speak out when we see something that affects us.

I aim to move, as it were, beyond indifference and into an idealistic world where we all harvest our greatest potential, instead of hiding behind silence and fear. That's why I'm writing.