Who knew blogging was so infections?
I started my first blog, Nathan’s Uncle, just last month, and here I am already starting another. I knew from the start that I wanted to discuss books, music, and movies, as well as take the occasional foray into conversations about, dare I say it, politics and religion. I thought I would integrate those posts with the other mundane postings about work, family, my travels, and of course my amazing nephew. Now I see the need to separate the common from the creative and the need for a new forum dedicated to conversations on topics raised in my favorite media.
So here goes . . . .
I am crazy about books, music, and movies. Like most, I love being entertained with a great story whether it be told, read, or performed. But even more than being entertained, I want a work of art to move me to laughter, to tears, or amazement. I also want to LEARN and for my thoughts, opinions, points-of-view, beliefs, and core values to be challenged, altered, even transformed by the truth however it may be revealed.
I invite my friends and readers to join in the dialogue.
For most of my life I have been opinionated, even narrow-minded, due I’m sure to my conservative raising and a vexing personality flaw. Ask anyone who knows me. I admit it. I don’t want to be that way anymore. I am on a personal mission to be more open, understanding, and accepting of the truth as others see it.
I’ve also been outspoken, freely offering my opinions whether anyone wanted to hear them or not. That’s a personality trait that I hope never to change, other than by learning to present my views with more tact and diplomacy. I know. It’s a growth process. We live and we learn.
So, I invite you to freely agree or disagree with my points of view as presented in this forum. Friendly repartee and general banter is welcomed, as is as serious discussion of sensitive, delicate, even controversial topics. I’m sure I’m opening a can of worms, but who knows? Perhaps your or my words may open the eyes of someone else.
