What’s Your Angle?
There’s always an angle, isn’t there?
Anytime I read a blog post or a heavily opinionated article, I typically head over to the website’s About Me page because there are two things I’m looking to decipher: the author’s angle and intent.
When it comes to my blog, I won’t make you search for it. My cards are on the table.
The Angle
“I bet you think this song is about you. Don’t you, don’t you?”―Carly Simon.
Well, it is, and it isn’t. While the inspiration for blog posts comes from ground-level observations, the perspective rarely stays there. I’m far more interested in a top-down view of the patterns that inform behavior, shape events, and influence our levels of interconnectedness.
If ever a piece seems to be about a person, place, or thing, know that for a nanosecond, it was. Then those things became shrinking dots in the rearview mirror as I engaged in hot pursuit of the principle, not the person, the art, not the artist, the philosophy, not the philosopher.
Trust me; I understand that pure objectivity is an illusion―a mental construct that ignores how we are biased and the extent to which those biases run.
I’m not here to adorn my work in a facade of neutrality but to practice measured subjectivity, writing from a position that is thoughtful, self-aware, and considerate.
But, if we’re keeping it real, you might still catch a whiff of judgment here and there. It’s baked into my DNA―I can’t help it.
The Intent
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”―Aristotle.
No one said it better.
It is through a quest to understand the “why” behind events, cultural movements, and relationships that I write with the intent to uncover aspects of their significance that go unnoticed.
Underneath it all, I pray the work I publish feels rewarding to read—adding to the light in you, just as the process of writing creates a light in me.
In the end, it’s a shared pursuit—seeking clarity, meaning, and the kind of understanding that lingers.
Please enjoy!