exuletempus

[exuletempus]

How to Start?

I'm not sure how to start one of these. Who might be reading my words in the future, or right now from their perspective, or your perspective I suppose I should say. Who are you? If indeed there is anyone interested in my words at all. Perhaps my notes were lost to time, their creation the only moment of their existence in anyone's eye. Such a depressing thought. I would rather think I accomplished something worth remembering. Maybe these are the first words of great things, read by many at museums, in remembrance of my humble beginnings, or dusty scraps of paper, found long after I'm forgotten, with nothing to say who I was or became. Should I be wary, writing morally deep notes where only those who truly seek understanding of themselves can see the hidden meaning in every line. Perhaps I should write in fear my words could insight hatred or bigotry, in hope my words could end wars or unite nations? Or should I just write simply what comes to mind, expecting potential readers to have the wisdom to not take my words out of context, or the understanding to know any similarities in current events are purely coincidental. Unless, of course, I set those events in motion...All these things, and more, run through my mind when I think of how to start an introduction. I haven't even thought much about introducing myself, or should I bother? Either I'm known or I'm not, but how about everything else? How much of an introduction to my ideas should I leave absent. So many written works in history have nothing to explain day to day life as it really was. As we write, we assume other references will explain any gaps in time. The Rosetta stone was the greatest key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics, and it was basically an ostentatious receipt for grain. On the other hand, a story told enough times can seem to have a real place in history. Some believe Merlin to be real, Aladdin's world to be based on a real culture, or that the pyramids were made using slave labor. More recently, a great writer asked friends of his to put the name of a book he wrote in a few of the movies they were making, then denied he ever wrote the book. As a result, entire religions have started up based on the Necronomicon. There are so many ways anything I write can be misunderstood. I could say I write for only myself, but in that is the flaw. I know what I write, so I have no need for notes. If I wrote of a life lesson, then later forgot it, it must not have been a life lesson. Looking at it the other way, writing everything I can, I end up back at the beginning of this very note, wondering how to start...