19 November 2010

Hello World

This blog's title is from Alan Moore, who stated:
I believe that anybody living anywhere upon the face of the globe, if they were to simply take the time and do the research, would find an incredible nest of wonders buried right where they were standing, right in their own backyard. I think that all too often, in the 21st Century, and throughout the 20th Century, we tend to spend our everyday existence walking along streets or driving along streets that we have no real understanding of, even if we see them everyday, and they just become fairly meaningless and bleak blocks of concrete, whereas, if you happen to know that such-and-such a poet was incarcerated inside an asylum upon this street or that such-and-such a murder happened here or that such-and-such a fabulous, legendary queen is buried in this vicinity: all of these little stories, it makes the places that we live much richer if we have a knowledge of these things. All of a sudden, you're not walking down mundane, dull, everyday streets anymore, you're walking down fabulous avenues full of wonderful ideas and incredible stories.
This blog is about The World As I See It -- not about "me-me-me," as it were.  The things that interest and excite me, that I learn, or invent, or try, or do.  The places I go, and what I see there.  The things that make me happy to be alive in such a strange and fantastic world.

In that spirit:  I invite you to walk into the sun with me.

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Eric L M Shuman is a Classicist by training, a teacher by profession and a writer by choice. Follow him on twitter @ELMShuman