Proem

There is an interesting concept of what the "self" is that I would like to share...

"Man is a bundle, or collection of different perception which succeed one another with an inconceivable rapidity and are in perpetual flux and movement..."

- David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature

I love this concept...I believe that it is a perfectly elegant description of the real self...meaning there is no definitive you...

We can change.

We are constantly changing, evolving, shaped by our experience, emotions, memories, shaped by the people around us, the things we witness and how we react...

I am currently experiencing a strange time in my life. The past year has been difficult for me. So many things have taken place that will change me...due to the complexity of all that has happened, I am unsure of whether or not I have caught up to it all...my "self" is caught in the grey area between reaction and evolution.

I have never not known myself until this year. I have known different selves, many different selves, but not this one, not yet.

It is not a bad thing, in fact, it has the flavor of optimistically awaiting the meeting of a pen-pal...

There are things that I do know about my self, however, that are vitally important to me...They are the core of who I have been in the past, and who I will be...

I am a creature of curiosity - I am fascinated by the world around me. I find the natural world to be an inspiration, the inherent beauty of mathematics and biology are particularly important to me. I love insects. I love looking at the stars...

I will come to this quite little corner of the internet that I can call my own in order to reflect on my evolving self, the world around me, and to share what I do love with those who might stumble across it.

So I lift my glass with you, computer dweller, and toast to the children of the information age trying to find themselves.