Let me tell you a little something about introductions.
Introductions are always the hardest part of an essay, a letter, a paper, or whatever, for me to write, because they're the part that has to be the most awesome part of the thing before you get to the conclusion. And "awesome" doesn't just spew out of me the way it does, say, out of...oh yeah. No one else, either.
Anyway, now that that's over with, I want to tell the whole wide world why it is that I love to write, why I think my writing is pretty good, and what drives me to do it.
I love to write because writing is one of the best tools the world of communications has ever come up with. Ever. The power of the pen- of rhetoric- descends from the power of speech; I love to write because I think writing has the capacity to carry every wonderful, emphatic moment that a speech can deliver, except unlike a speech, you can't ever forget anything because it's right there in front of you, waiting to be read again.
I love to write because I believe that words can be more powerful than anything else. Weapons affect bodies; words affect spirits.
I love to write because writing is an art; just like a work of visual art can inspire the soul, or like beautiful music can touch or even compel the heart, writing is a tool for the connecting of human beings to one another.
Some people can play great music; some people give great speeches. Some people harness their minds and imaginations into great technology; some people devote their passions and lives to the discovery of the natural world. Some change the world by being good friends; some change the world by being good with dogs.
I believe that we're all created with some individual means of leaving a positive stamp on the world, no matter how big or how small. And I feel like my ability to express myself in written word is mine. And I just love it.
So anyway, that's that. (Don't judge me by my blog post; blog posts are supposed to be first drafts.)
I luffs you all. Goodnight.
