Sunday, September 9, 2007

Pep-Talk to Self

Blogs are scary. How can I write anything in a blog without feeling automatically asphyxiated by the automatic assumption that the majority of people who may read this won’t agree/understand/enjoy/care with/about anything I’m writing?

Obviously I’m new at this and right now it feels a bit like the few horrifying seconds right before you get caught doing something you shouldn’t be doing. I suppose in some ways one never grows out of feeling sheepish in the eyes of disapproval.

This blog is intended to be a place where I keep my personal observations, both naïve and insightful, about my understanding of the world and why architecture is so important to it all. That being admitted, it is still tough for me to write on architecture. Perhaps it’s because when I do, I think about all the brilliant people I know who could probably write what I mean better than I. But how can I expect to test myself, improve, and grow cajones if i don’t swallow the artificial fear and just fucking DO IT?

…and by the way, I don’t really like the name “green around the globe” anymore. If anyone wants it, you can help me come up with a better one and I’ll trade.