First Thoughts

So I've finally decided to take up this blogging hobby. I suppose because I'm bored, or perhaps just lack a creative outlet. Perhaps it's just a fast easy way to communicate my thoughts and gives me at least the assemblence of having communicated with my friends that I never see anymore.

This is where I will start detailing my thoughts on life, or my reflections as the post might suggest. The picture above is one of my own...most people from Iowa will recognize it easily, it's our state capitol building. Actually it's the reflection of the capitol building. Fitting for this post. I think everyone who lives in Des Moines, or has traveled through here has this picture. It's an easy one to get, the Wallace state building sits just to the northwest of the capitol and has those gold/bronze reflecting windows all on one side of it. If you stand in the right spot you can get the perfect, slightly twisted view our the statehouse. A commentary on the political process?...maybe. A metephor for life?...another maybe. The point of the picture for me, is that you see what you want to see. That's the beauty of reflections, they are so individual and very much based on the moment. While everyone can have this view of the capitol reflection I would dare to say that no two photos are alike. It all depends on what time of day you are standing there, how tall you are, from what angle you take the picture, the weather, ect. Much like how we each see ourselves as we wish to see us. Through the filter of personal experiences, preferences and, yes, even the weather can change how we see our reflection. However, no matter how we or anyone else view the reflection, the original creation, remains the same. So no matter how I view myself on a given day, or how someone else views me...I am still me. Perhaps not quite as deep as "I think therefore I am," but it is truly something to think about.

More to come in future posts.