Some Direction -- Maybe

The direction of this blog has from its inception been a standing question. What should I focus on? How personal should it be? Should it have a pretty rigid theme or should it be more scatter shot? Should I have an audience in mind or should I treat it like a diary that an outsider might stumble upon in some distant day?

I don't pretend to have answered these questions yet, and I think part of my hesitancy in blogging here owes to that irresolution. I am not consumed by a solitary passion. However, I know that the blogs that most people are drawn to on a daily basis fall into the category of focused and obsessive. Perezhilton is consumed with celebrity and tabloidism. The blogs of political wankers target Washington drama. Pitchfork carries on about popular and independent music. These all have their place, and I enjoy each in its own way. But I don't want to be so narrowly focused -- or rather I fear the claustrophobia and dilution of spirit that such narrow focus might engender.

So, what to do? This is the unresolved question. For now, I will post when I will and I will write what I will and maybe over time some sort of pattern or structure will reveal itself and maybe someone out there will actually care to read what I have to say about whatever I might be inspired to write about that day. (A Faulknerian sentence, if I have ever written one, minus the beauty). I doubt my musing and opining and questioning will draw big numbers, but maybe some of you might be interested in coming along for the ride of discovery.

As Always,

Your Unfaithful Servant