A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use, silence, exile, and cunning."
-Stephen Dedalus, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

In the Beginning...


Well, I am starting this blog simply to record my thoughts, imaginations, and all that may come to mind. I am starting this blog to discover who I am, what I want out of life, and to show that person to the world. I believe that if I can literally "write" it out, maybe I will find out the truth. So, saying all that, I will begin. First of all, if you didn't realize that my title was a biblical reference, then you must definitely be from some secluded jungle in a forgotten world. Who doesn't know where those three very powerful words come from? "In the beginning..." Those are the very words that began it all. Those words, spoken by someone with such power that it is incomprehensible, began both good and evil. On those words hinges the entire world. Imagine being there when He spoke them. Imagine knowing what beauty and horror would stem from such few syllables. How intricate and beautiful this world is! Such wonders that lie in the depths of the sea, in the middle of jungles, in the genetic makeup of each individual creature! Who can comprehend this? Who could possibly understand all that can be understood? I say only one can, and that one is God: the Alpha and Omega, beginning and the end, the Creator of all. "In the beginning..."

1 comment:

  1. I said it on face book, but this was very well written. I am so proud of you! Also, as I said, I have always loved that picture!

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