Gian Karlo

There’s something so innately human about wanting to share our experiences with one another. We seek individuality and self-expression while also seeking community and audience. From cave paintings to cinematic blockbusters, we yearn to share a piece of ourselves with one another.

I have wanted to express myself through writing for most of my life and have made many attempts at it. I’ve delved into poetry, storytelling, both short stories and longer pieces, journaling, and many other things but have always stopped for one reason or another. This is yet another attempt at continuing that journey, although one that I hope sticks. This entry is mainly for me to look back at and see where my mind was at the time, establish some goals and set expectations for I want this project to be.

So why blogging? In retrospect, I think the reason my other attempts didn’t work before was because I felt limited by the medium (pun intended) I was using. Poetry is great, but am I only a poet? Too limiting. Another reason I think those failed is because I suffer from getting-bored-and-wanting-to-try-new-things and would move one to something else before I fully explored the format. Still, blogging has been a thing I have always stayed away from. A story or a poem can be self-contained, there doesn’t need to be a sequel for it to work as a story or poem, but is a blog with only one entry even a blog? The commitment to something that would require me to come back, revisit and add to it always scared me off, but I’m older now (even if not any wiser), and I think that might be exactly what I’m looking for.

I don’t expect anyone to read any of my posts, or at least that’s the mentality I have coming into this. It seems paradoxical to me to go through the effort of creating and editing a piece of writing, publish it for others to see, and claim that no audience is needed. Why choose this format if it’s not for others’ consumption but my own? The reason I’m intrigued by the format of blogging and sharing it publicly is the commitment I would have run from in the past. I want to express myself, and hopefully improve my writing and communication skills in the process. This seems to be a great way to push myself to do that. My hypothesis is that a good balance between the structure of a blog format, the freedom to talk about anything, and a healthy appetite of curiosity is exactly what I need to improve and finally stick to a consistent writing pattern.

So what am I going to write about? Honestly, I still don’t know yet. I have too many interests to choose just one, and I’m adding things to that list constantly. I hope to write about anything that I’m curious about at the moment, whether it be history, technology, art, “insert your favorite topic,” etc. I want this to be a place where I can deep-dive into random topics, process through thoughts and ideas, and learn along the way.

In conclusion, I want to develop a new habit of writing that promotes an active attitude towards learning and researching. I am an expert at nothing, but am curious about pretty much everything. We have the world’s information at our fingertips and I want to do my best at learning as much as I can while documenting my journey.

If you’ve read this far, thank you. Stick around and I might surprise you with my positive attitude towards public transportation and my negative attitude towards Norman doors.