Initial Thoughts

Initially my blog was to only be about community as it has remained for me a prevalent thought for reasons not clear. I first became conscious of it in 2002 when a girlfriend took me to several gatherings which, though temporary, I sensed constitute community. She and I began a conversation of joining the ideal community, one of our design perhaps. Though we've gone our separate ways romantically, and I've actually moved into a community, the conversation continues. As I indeed write about community, I'll weave in more details of my journey though for now, tonight, just about my bedtime, I want to provide the broad strokes, the intention of this blog.

I will supplement my thoughts and discoveries about community with interviews from others. While this gives you a broader perspective than mine, I primarily do this to discover what matters to me in part through the reflection of others. Also, I'll invite you to comment, at will, by responding to this blog. I might provide other venues for you, as well, just as soon as they occur to me and I assimilate this fantastic and free technology!

I imagine that, even if I tried to focus on community, I would need to discuss other topics in order to add richness and context and my truth into the subject. On the other hand, I expect I want to talk about other stuff anyway, for its own sake. I realize and am concerned that this is a marketing no-no in that I won't, say, hold the attention of people who come to my blog out of interest for community if I start talking about other stuff. And if my writings seems to lack a consistent thread, then who would want to continue reading. Yet as I imagine myself writing whatever I feel like, in whatever style I like, I feel a tingling inside my chest which tells me this is what I want to and would most enjoy doing which for me trumps trying to hold onto a particular imagined audience. Also, should my codependency gets the better of me, I can always split the blog in two.

I do expect I will also discuss my exploration of men's work, shamanism, tantra, sexuality, and a few other things not coming to mind now, because it's late, exploring them for their own sake and as weaves into the community thread. As I would like anyone to benefit from this blog and to preserve some mystery in these topics, I may be a bit reserved with the details in discussing these things.

While I'm not pressing for your opinions and ideas this early, I still welcome them.