What I'd like this blog to be

I've been trying to answer that question for a week, now.

I feel a strong connection to American culture. At the surface, it's lifeless - simplistic, one-dimensional, and worst of all, numbing in every respect. It is a culture of brainless consumption; it seeks immediate reward in exchange for minimal effort. It is reactionary, guided by emotional appeals to so-called morals and family values - rarely can it see beyond black and white. To say it is forgetful is an understatement - it is amnesiac, having no conception of history.

It is spiraling out of control. So prevalent is this facade of satisfaction and life that at times, even the fleeting notion of cultural escape seems an impossibility.

Should one stumble across a shovel and start digging, however, one may uncover a splinter culture, different in every way - beautiful, complex, and intellectually stimulating. It is a culture focused on aesthetic; it is boundlessly creative. It, too, is reactionary - guided not by false emotion, but by reflection and judgement. It is intelligent, logical, sensible, and profound. But it is deep underground - perhaps because it appears as a challenge.

Here exists a clear division in mindset. It's visible in our cinema, music, and literature. It has fully encapsulated our governance - we call it politics.

I draw great inspiration from this nation's founding fathers. I have endless respect for the collective in which they took part - a group of men and women who, in recognizing injustice and offense, set sail to uncharted territory, overcame insurmountable odds, and founded a civilization that would rapidly grow to unparalleled power and influence an ever-changing world as no civilization has in the past. Presented with the unknown, they became adventurers. Presented with opression, they became rebellious. With dramatic thought and bold action, they shaped the course of history.

It is this spirit that I romanticize about - action against the entrenchment, executed so profoundly as to change the cultural narrative. That, in short, is what this blog is about.

"Revolution is an act of love; we are the children of revolution, born to be rebels. It runs in our blood."