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I’ve written in a number of blogs over the past decade. I started in September 2001 and wrote consistently for a year or two, until I got either bored or busy (the fog’s too deep at this point to remember). For the time that I did write, it was more of an emotional outlet than a way to engage others. Seeing as my decision to write at the time had been driven by my emotions, it became a lonely place. I started getting anonymous comments from friends to “shit or get off the pot”, so I took the opportunity to do something more constructive with my time.
All this is to say that this blog is not meant primarily as an emotional outlet. I started out with a different blog title and theme, but couldn’t pin down something that I found interesting or attractive. So I started thinking about movies (specifically images that have grabbed me) and happened onto Modern Times. I don’t believe that there are post-modern times or moments; it will always be modern times. Modernity is just a collection of moments, ever changing and progressing.
In that way, I’m interested in having a place where I can capture and engage these moments; not as an outlet, but as an act of reconciliation. I’m interested in seeing how moments are related to each other and what they are building. Moments can intersect, overlap, and exist in isolation; but where I can discover their connections I’ll do my best to understand them. My hope in the process is best captured by a quote from the movie Junebug: “God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to let you stay that way.” Writing that last sentence made me feel like Mary Catherine Gallagher expressing the inspiration she receives from Lifetime movies, so I’ll do my best not to be so cussing stuffy on this site.
For the next week, I’ll be posting daily about the past year; where my life has been, what has driven me. I entered the year happy and wandering and left it optimistic with a better sense of purpose. I make no promise to update this often, nor do I even promise to keep this theme together. But as long as these ideas seem enticing, I’ll try to chase them.
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