Why blog?

I have two big reasons for writing a blog;

1. I like writing. You might have noticed that I enjoy writing a great deal, and my skills will hopefully improve with practice and experience.
2. Release. I have profound thoughts sometimes, though I do speak as a biased party. It feels somehow satisfying to record them. It's the same impulse toward self-actualisation that leads some to keep diaries.

Most likely, these two reasons are related more than they appear. If you would allow me a moment's speculation, perhaps the impulse for intellectual and emotional release is the same impulse that leads me to enjoy writing. I would not be surprised to discover that this self-actualisation impulse is what leads humans to produce works of art, or otherwise try to effect lasting change on the world.

I will be nothing but glad if you, dear reader, gain some intangible benefit from this blog, but I am writing primarily for my own gratification. I will be similarly glad if expressing ideas here helps to spread them around, but this blog is not chiefly intended to proselytise.

Here at least, I don't care if your worldview and ideas differ greatly from my own. You're an intelligent being, and that makes you worth cherishing.