Saturday, January 23, 2010

The beginning of a rhetorical journey

It is said that non-verbal expression is at the heart of communication, the means by which our so-called primitive ancestors were able to relate to each other in order to survive. A couple of grunts here and hand gestures there would have been sufficient in the organization of a great hunt, or in the banding of a tribe, united by proximity against other exploring hunters. In order to spread one's seed, eyebrow lifts and head nods as well as capable rhythmic body movements directed at a member of the opposite sex would have enabled one's own engagement in the furthering of the human race. Thus, non-verbal communication was able to satisfy our needs and get us to this point in time, some hundreds of thousands of years later.


Along the way, our vocal capacities developed, marking an explosion of progress, and an unmasking of potential. For the past few millenia, this ability allowed for the use of our overly massive skull structure, or more specifically, that which it encloses. Cultural experiences have been captured and rendered immortal in the process of writing, a process which, in the advent of other technological advancements (or distractions) has lost its public fervor.


And so, this individual, himself having undergone a reawakening to the power of words, will attempt to communicate with no extrinsic purpose in mind. A writer who falls under that category only by definition, in a quest to write, because that is what he is capable of. Furthermore, the writing will not be constrained to any one topic, for in doing so would limit one's own expression. It may become apparent that the writing will go in certain directions, by this is resultant of the writer being an individual. And so it begins, a couple short paragraphs, essentially saying nothing, but at the same time, expressing everything.


Proper blog etiquette implies the use of a prologue, and thus it has created itself.