Sharpening My Angle

So, I've been thinking how I "should" utilize this blog. The internet is the sharing of information, an interconnected network of many otherwise impossible connections, and, due to this I'm contemplating taking this idea of "obscurity" and refastening it; resetting its engine to boost its horsepower.

Here it is: The idea of "obscurity" as a subject is too abstract. The word floats amidst a sea of other words while the meaning flounders in this ocean vocabulary, drowning on its own premise. In other words the angle of which I've positioned myself is too broad, and to alter this I've decided to now restrict myself to questions.

Henceforth, this blog will answer direct, concrete questions relative to the world around us. They can (and will) consist of seemingly basic questions such as: Where do horses come from? (This one I'm using next week). What happened in the year xxxx in the region/country xxxx? You get the idea.

And, for this blog post, I decided to dissect the meaning of obscurity.

From Merriam-Webster's Dictionary:

¹ob·scure

 adj \äb-ˈskyu̇r, əb-\

Definition of OBSCURE

1

a : dark, dimb : shrouded in or hidden by darknessc : not clearly seen or easily distinguished : faint <obscuremarkings>

2

: not readily understood or clearly expressed; also :mysterious

3

: relatively unknown: asa : remote, secluded <an obscure village>b : not prominent or famous <an obscure poet>

4

: constituting the unstressed vowel \ə\ or having unstressed \ə\ as its value

— ob·scure·ly adverb

— ob·scure·ness noun

One could take a magnifying lens to each of the above definitions, ala Derrida-like, and burn away their significance in respect to this blog, but I, having a liking for "codes of honor," choose to adhere to a policy of doing something other than simply acknowledging something (and that something happens to be obscurity). It is one thing to acknowledge it, another to attempt to explain it. By attempting to explain the subject of obscurity, I feel I can share what I learn as opposed to establishing juvenile proclamations. (See post about the deep sea--missing details are we?)

I would also enjoy it if readers proposed questions (about anything) for me to investigate (something I enjoy doing). That way, the blog detaches from the egocentric orb that blogs often are (and why I loathe reading most of them) to become an interactive experience, like a chain where reader and writer learn through cooperation.

J.