The Path

No matter what I do or where my interests or my job lead me, I find myself wanting to write. This desire comes not from a need for fame or fortune or to share my ideas or values, but from the sheer enjoyment of the act itself. There is something about putting one's thoughts in writing.

It is something I simply relish doing. I suppose in school I was told I was a good writer, but I certainly don't think of myself as above average. I just like doing it.

I am actually inspired by the punk movement. At the time punk was happening I did not understand it. It just sounded like bad rock and roll. As time has passed I have come to appreciate it as a rebellion against the crass commercialism that infected rock and roll during the 1970's. Punk bands didn't care if they were marketable or if people liked their music. In fact they figured that if that were true, their music probably "sucked". That's how I feel about my writing. I don't want to be famous or expect to make any money doing it and I don't care who likes it. 

The impetus for my writing will be like that of the punks of the 1970's. I am going to write just because I like doing it.