Dunge Dispatch No. 1
“Is there value in this? What is the purpose of writing a blog?”
I’ve asked myself these questions for, honestly, almost nine years. I considered starting up a blog in the summer of 2009 for several reasons:
But the above questions were unanswerable at the time, so I passed on the blog idea.
As I’m writing this entry, I still have those same questions that I had in 2009. In fact, I don’t know if what I’m putting on the proverbial paper will ever demonstrate value or express a purpose.
Others much more well-spoken, more articulate, and published have said (paraphrasing) that the value and purpose behind their writing is to express themselves and offer something unique, as their perspectives are unknown to anyone until established in written/image form. The reader or viewer, whomever that may be, can choose how to read and respond to the author’s expression.
And that's where I'll begin. In many respects the writers’ perspective I've chosen is similar to a common understanding of the concept of “forgiveness.” The value, meaning, and purpose are all in the offering, not the taking. This is especially true for the one who is doing the offering, because the one who takes may never communicate their reception, let alone any value or benefit, to the one who offers. Thus I hope that what I offer on this blog will be well-received, and all I can do is offer, all the reader can do is receive. Any further action on the reader's part is uncertain.
While we are on the subject of forgiveness, I will ask you, dear reader, to kindly forgive any mistakes, errors, perceived slights, or whatnot that you take issue with and find herein, both today and in days to come.
Such is the start of this, my blog. It's an offering.
Cheers for a great 2018 to you, your family, and all those you care about.
-- Dunge
I’ve asked myself these questions for, honestly, almost nine years. I considered starting up a blog in the summer of 2009 for several reasons:
- it was a (or the) “thing to do”
- several friends had started blogging (and have since abandoned their sites)
- and I thought it might be a creative outlet for me during a period of the ho-hums.
But the above questions were unanswerable at the time, so I passed on the blog idea.
As I’m writing this entry, I still have those same questions that I had in 2009. In fact, I don’t know if what I’m putting on the proverbial paper will ever demonstrate value or express a purpose.
Others much more well-spoken, more articulate, and published have said (paraphrasing) that the value and purpose behind their writing is to express themselves and offer something unique, as their perspectives are unknown to anyone until established in written/image form. The reader or viewer, whomever that may be, can choose how to read and respond to the author’s expression.
And that's where I'll begin. In many respects the writers’ perspective I've chosen is similar to a common understanding of the concept of “forgiveness.” The value, meaning, and purpose are all in the offering, not the taking. This is especially true for the one who is doing the offering, because the one who takes may never communicate their reception, let alone any value or benefit, to the one who offers. Thus I hope that what I offer on this blog will be well-received, and all I can do is offer, all the reader can do is receive. Any further action on the reader's part is uncertain.
While we are on the subject of forgiveness, I will ask you, dear reader, to kindly forgive any mistakes, errors, perceived slights, or whatnot that you take issue with and find herein, both today and in days to come.
Such is the start of this, my blog. It's an offering.
Cheers for a great 2018 to you, your family, and all those you care about.
-- Dunge
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