Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Inaugural Post: Explanation of My Blog Title

Initially, I struggled with blogging. What would my blog be? Personal? Detached from my normal life? A place where I share the day's events or where I merely post third-party responses to what's going on in the rest of the world? I couldn't reconcile these two ideas to my blog, so I created two. This blog is for general thoughts on the world, for things I find, for critiques and praise of mankind and the world. It is not about me -- it is not about my daily life or what I do or who I'm dating or anything of that personal nature. It is personal to the extent that I cannot take myself out of my own writing. But this is the place where I will try to write something worthy of someone else reading. I am not saying that that is the purpose of blogging -- anyone's blog is whatever they make of it. After careful consideration, this is what I choose to make of mine. Perhaps divided within myself, I give multiple voices to the world.

I first posted this my other blog and it is the inspiration for the title and purpose of this blog:
I remember the first time I saw Beauty and the Beast (the animated film). The library in the Beast's mansion was heaven. I could never imagine having that many books to read. I was eight years old and I was already a lover of books. Even then, that library meant everything to me.




In addition, I identified best with Belle than any other Disney "Princess" because we both had long brown hair, liked to sing, and LOVED books. And, like her, I always found myself very misunderstood by the general public. My dream library in the mansion I will never have includes a library almost identical to the one in Beauty and the Beast -- all hardback or leatherbound books. Books on top of books from floor to ceiling with those ceiling-high climbing ladders attached to the bookshelves for easy access. I thought I may never see anything like that library but it seems that even Disney gets its inspiration from somewhere.

The above is HAUGHT. Some of the prettiest libraries in the world. I thought I had enough reasons to want to travel the world -- turns out I only perpetually add to the stack. I must go to these libraries.
Ahh, and I said wouldn't post anyting personal! Well, the explanation was personal. Next post I shall get down to business. *smile*

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