Since this is the first post on this blog, which is ostensibly focused on my writing, one would expect that I will expound at length upon my abilities, and why you should buy my work.
That's not going to happen.
Of course, I think you should buy my work, if you like it. I wouldn't be releasing it if I didn't think it was worthy of being purchased. The point of this post, though, isn’t to shill anything, but to take the opportunity to set the tone.
In keeping with that thought, I’ve been coming back to a quote which is written on a piece of paper that adorns the wall of my writing office. It’s from Craig Ferguson, describing the 50 year long success of Dr.Who (the video of this can easily be found on youtube). In it, he defines the show as being about ‘The triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.’
If you think about it…
A quote like that can be like a nuclear bomb going off inside your brain, because it has that kind of immediacy, and sense of force. There’s a whole world in that sentence, or twelve if you’re a time lord. But the really fun stuff happens when the questions get asked.
Do intellect and romance always triumph?
Why?
How are they different?
And where’s the grey area in that statement?
To be fair, the real world is almost never that black and white. We’re all (figuratively) little grey things running around the planet, sometimes doing good, sometimes bad, usually beating ourselves up inside because we’re afraid the bad outweighs the good, and then taking those fears out on each other.
I’ve been around a lot of cynicism in my short time on this planet, and I’ve yet to see it be anything other than a dead end road. The voice that tells you not to start something because you know it’s doomed to failure is nothing more than a self fulfilling prophecy, and too many people listen to it. Cynicism is poison, simple as that. Would you drink poison willingly?
‘Intellect and romance triumph over brute force and cynicism’.
That’s the goal, and the tone. Ready, set, go.
That's not going to happen.
Of course, I think you should buy my work, if you like it. I wouldn't be releasing it if I didn't think it was worthy of being purchased. The point of this post, though, isn’t to shill anything, but to take the opportunity to set the tone.
In keeping with that thought, I’ve been coming back to a quote which is written on a piece of paper that adorns the wall of my writing office. It’s from Craig Ferguson, describing the 50 year long success of Dr.Who (the video of this can easily be found on youtube). In it, he defines the show as being about ‘The triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.’
If you think about it…
A quote like that can be like a nuclear bomb going off inside your brain, because it has that kind of immediacy, and sense of force. There’s a whole world in that sentence, or twelve if you’re a time lord. But the really fun stuff happens when the questions get asked.
Do intellect and romance always triumph?
Why?
How are they different?
And where’s the grey area in that statement?
To be fair, the real world is almost never that black and white. We’re all (figuratively) little grey things running around the planet, sometimes doing good, sometimes bad, usually beating ourselves up inside because we’re afraid the bad outweighs the good, and then taking those fears out on each other.
I’ve been around a lot of cynicism in my short time on this planet, and I’ve yet to see it be anything other than a dead end road. The voice that tells you not to start something because you know it’s doomed to failure is nothing more than a self fulfilling prophecy, and too many people listen to it. Cynicism is poison, simple as that. Would you drink poison willingly?
‘Intellect and romance triumph over brute force and cynicism’.
That’s the goal, and the tone. Ready, set, go.
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