Purpose: Promote life

Hello beautiful people,

When one is writing a thesis - one is supposed to have a purpose statement of some kind. It would be awfully dry of me to turn a blog into a thesis, so I will thesis and desist (AHHHHHH bad pun!) I know. I couldn't help myself.

Here's the deal. I'm a writer, an artist, a creator, most of all... I'm a LIVER. Er... not that I detoxify and synthesize protein... more so that I am ALIVE. The most important thing to me - is to live and bring about life. And for 25 years, I think I've done a pretty good job, but I had my quarter life crisis and now I'm ready to meet the world head on in a bigger challenge. For the last few years, I've been haunted by whispers and Spirit, to write to a bigger audience.

You really have no idea how this terrifies me. Believe me. I processed entire pages on why public writing disturbs me. See - writing is both an exposure of oneself - and a manipulation of others' perception. A good writer can make you see and understand an entire world. Thus, I feel it is dangerous to try to write about the real world, unless your audience is distanced enough from you so as not to become outraged by your own portrayal and interpretation.

So unfortunately, I must admit that Liz Weber is an alias, but lest you think she is only a paper face on parade, I assure you that she is also wholly herself. I have never been anything, but myself. All my flaws lie on my sleeve. In writing, I am never anything, but brutally honest. It is in person that I am most deceptive... where I can smile endlessly even when my heart is breaking.

Anyway, back to the purpose statement. I've given a great deal of thought to the social media scene: blogging, twitter, facebook, myspace etc. Generally, what I find is exactly what the title of this blog exhibits - paper faces on parade. Social media allows us to do what we do best - air our own opinions and manipulate the images we desire to have. Obviously, I have problems with that (or I wouldn't be so terrified by the prospect of starting this project). However, my great bubbling curiosity is whether I can use this social media to promote life. To my understanding, writing is about communication and connection.

We write letters to stay connected. We write letters to communicate who, what, where, why, and how we are. We write books for the same reason - to impart knowledge and connect our ideas to others. It is my desire to connect and communicate the life I know to as many people as possible using the means I have... which will be this blog. The reason being, I know that every person at some point in their life will feel hopeless, angry, confused, betrayed and most of all... alone. But one of the most possibly redeeming things about social media - is its ability to convey the fact that you are not alone - even when you may physically be, or feel as such. It is my greatest desire to continually prove that you are not alone - and that life is worth living.
 
So I welcome you to this adventure! It will not be safe... but it will be good.

Liz