Something Resembling an Introduction

Greetings:

This blog is part of a new project that I hope can do two things: keep me sane and urge me to write more. As any writer knows you need an audience and purpose to fuel your writing -- that is assuming you intend your writing to know eyes beyond yours.

I've noticed that a lot of my writing mentions silence. Not sure why, but when I first noticed I became frustrated with myself because I kept seeing too many of the same images and thoughts reexpressed. My first urge is to bury those poems like well-intentioned gold fish and feature only ones that are vastly different than the others. But that brings more frustration because then when you're writing you become obsessed with finding new words and images, and that prevents you from writing all together. At least me anyway.

So I've decided to let it go a bit because I've noticed that most people don't notice (or care), and because often there's a reason. The most likely reason is you're still in that creative space and haven't exhausted that feeling or idea. If something hasn't completely expressed itself, then let it be is my new philosophy. Besides, over time your writing will evolve. Patience is indeed a virtue, especially when centered in the creative process.

So what I've done with this blog is post writing that seems connected to this notion of silence. My concept hasn't matured past that, though it might -- or might not! Over time, I plan to sequence and create a paper published version (most likely a zine) for anyone who cares to read it while crapping. Obviously, a sequence is tough here because posts order when posted and some come later than others and some of these are poems that I've written a while back. But I will see what I can do. I might decide sequence doesn't matter because I embrace the beauty of the random.

I also plan on posting an earlier sequence called Valencia (on valenciapoem.blogspot.com). I will create as many sequences as blogger allows, and I will network them all together for interested readers, which I don't imagine are many at this point.

Moreover, I won't speak much about myself or anything like that because I don't want vanity to get in the way of what I am trying to say in the writing. However, having said that I recognize that statement itself is an exercise in vanity, so is most everything else we do citing vanity or trying to escape it. So fuck it!

I hope you like what you read, and I would love feedback. I don't plan on editing comments or anything unless people abuse basic respect principles -- the most basic being don't be a mindless asshole.

Cheers and enjoy
~vince