six elaborates...

One lesson stands out the most: always question the author’s motive, intention, and anything else given the effort to be written down. My eleventh grade English/Literature teacher was incredibly shrewd and pessimistic, harsh and ice-cold-honest — in short, he was my favourite.

This website is my second third attempt at a coherent, publicly available collection of writing. Although, with the frequent gaps in activity, the past matters so little, I might as well be starting over.

I am hesitant to call this a “blog,” although it is my admission that the terminology may apply in accurately describing this website and the delivery of its subject matter. What bothers me most is that the author of a “blog” is commonly referred to as a “blogger.” I don’t believe that a medium should overrule or overshadow the more general (and accurate) classification of a “writer.”

This may be considered fair warning: the subject matter here may be classified as “adult” in nature, and by all means, if you are not comfortable with it, do not wish to view such subjects, or are prohibited from viewing it due to age/religion/beliefs, you are free to show yourself the way out.

“six” is a pseudonym, although to be quite honest, the name itself may imply more meaning than I had originally intended. It is true I am using it to shield my personal identity; but it’s a two-way street I wish to block. Perhaps it’s my subconscious desire to state that my writing here does not identify me as a person, and in the converse, my identity as a person is not confined to my writing here. If that’s not thoroughly confusing enough, well then, good — we’ll get along quite nicely.

I am an aspiring writer, who is not at all in the writing profession. This, of course, makes things difficult, as I would like nothing better than to live in a quiet and sparsely furnished apartment or studio where I could devote hours upon hours at the keyboard; I’d also like to entertain the fantasy that I could take my laptop and venture out on location to write, wherever and whenever I please. The reality: I’ve got a day job, and I am not able to write and read as much (or as frequently) as I would like to.

It won’t stop me from trying.

This is my first second real attempt at an entirely hand-written and hand-designed website. The emphasis, which I am so eager to develop and solidify, is on the subject and the reader. This has fueled my design decisions, which (I will be the first to admit) may have been developed to the extreme.

There are two distinct sections, writing and reading. The writing category is self-explanatory; this will be the collection of my own words and expressions. The reading category perhaps requires a little background — I am not maintaining a “blogroll” or a listing of links. In its place, I’m offering links to individual posts, images, or other items of interest that I have come across. I’m taking the chance that if I have found it interesting, then you may also. So we’ll see how that works out.

Intentionally, commenting has been removed/disabled. It is not my intent to discourage feedback, reading recommendations, or discussion. I want to hear from you— and am entirely open to a dialogue that isn’t confined to a website. Write me — sixbymistake@gmail.com — and I will write back; nothing could be simpler.