Hey Steemians!
I've been thinking. Actually, I've been thinking a lot in the past few years.
There are many reasons for this, and as I blog more over time, you'll get to know those in more detail.
I don't pretend to be an expert in anything -- I'm just muddling my way through information overload and fake news like most of us are. But occasionally, very occasionally, I have thoughts that stick in my mind, and I've decided this is where I want to talk about them.
I'll go down any rabbit hole, and I'm happy to follow trains of thought that might lead nowhere, because that's where you find answers -- or at least more interesting questions! But at the end of the day, I think we all have the answers within us, and we need to stop looking externally for solutions to our problems.
Mostly, I'm just here to share my story, because I believe sharing stories is more important than we give it credit for.
Have you ever noticed in how many contexts the word story is used? We read them, tell them, watch them on stage and screen. We've scratched them on cave walls, sat around campfires and told them, and now we tell them to our kids before bedtime before going back to the late night news to hear more.
In fact, "What's your story?" is often the first sentence we'll say to each other. There is little that influences the way we think, than hearing and responding to a good story.
And when you think about it, it's the stories our governments and powerful institutions tell us that influence the way we see the world. So in a sense, it's what we fight our wars over.
I put these ideas in a video I made for my YouTube channel "Popcorn Lobotomy". This is an old video, and I think I've changed a lot since I made it, but here it is for reference. The stuff about story starts around 5:10 or so, you can skip the rest of it.
Since then, I've continued to think about the importance of story, and I've unofficially dubbed this philosophical train of thought "Narrativism".
I want to develop that concept here, preferably as a community, even though I'm certainly no philosopher!
If you're reading this, and you haven't cracked open your blog on Steemit yet, because you think you have nothing new to contribute, or you think your writing isn't up to scratch... well fuck that. Please, fuck THAT.
Click the Blog button and write a post, because if you're authentic and speak your truth, there will always be people that are interested. I will be interested.
There is something bigger happening here. I don't know if I can put it into words, but I'm going to try. If you feel like joining me on this journey, you will be most welcome.
Cheers,
Harvey.