Let me introduce myself

Let me also introduce this blog.

I am opinionated, but this will not be my soapbox (as a general rule, though I may occasionally make exceptions).

I am an aspiring journalist, which will inform, but not dictate, the subjects and manner of my writing.

I am a student of literature, and I will sometimes analyze what I read in and of itself, and other times use the ideas I read as a lens through which I will examine "real life."

I believe that we have lost an appreciation for the art of asking questions. Answers, of course, are not bad, and I admire those who are able to produce them and enjoy doing so. But sometimes (often?) we exalt answers onto too lofty a pedestal, agreeing with them and adopting them immediately, without consideration or analysis. The purpose of this blog, therefore, is to serve an exercise for myself in discernment of ideas beyond face value.

I ask questions, rather than promising answers, for two reasons. First, because I have only 20 years worth of experience to speak from -- not to say that I discount my ability to think, but that I respect that I am still growing, and that I grow best by way of inquiry. Secondly, because I am not afraid that my questions will damage or undermine what is true.