An introduction

Why are we so destructive as human beings?

That's a difficult question. Is it the desensitization to violence? Is it the stunning lack of good parenting and positive environments in which to raise children? Is it just easier to pawn it all off as the Human Condition?

Certainly those are all negative things, but where did they spawn from? What is the plague that is causing all of these issues? Why can't we get to the root of these malices and eliminate them once and for all? Maybe the problem is us and our tendency to blame our problems on other circumstances.

I saw Chuck D from Public Enemy speak last night. He spoke of the devolution of hip hop music into childish gangsta rap, drug and gun culture, the current economic crisis, politics, and the lack of respect for intellectualism that people face today.

Witnessing his voice of compassion for this strife was pretty unbelievable. I grew up listening to Public Enemy, and Chuck D always had something to say that would make me instinctively respond with: "Wow...he's right" His statements are profound, blunt and straight to the point. There is no coddling within Chuck D's mind. He speaks to deliver the truth, no matter how harsh reality is.

The words he spoke inspired me. Here was a musician speaking to the world about how he saw things through his eyes. Certainly music has had an impact on his entire paradigm. Music has been so completely morphed by thousands of other paradigms that it is difficult for it to not have some effect on one's life, no matter how minor.

I had been toying with several ideas about this new blog, but only two of them really stood out for me. The first was music, an enormous part of my life. I knew that whatever I wrote had to have some sort of musical undertones in the message. The second idea was the fact that I constantly give advice to people. After roughly 6 years learning about the issues of others, you pick up on certain patterns (primarily environmental ones) that shape someone's worldview. Should I try an advice column perhaps...?

Seeing a musical artist discuss all matter of media in front of a live audience gave me an idea: why not combine the two? Music has millions of different themes that quite a few people live by. The same behaviors exhibited by humans are found mimicked by others in the form of lyrics.

The purpose of this blog will be to go in depth about human psychological and emotional problems. I will examine a myriad of sources for these issues and explain how quite a bit of media has been slowly infiltrating its corrupted information into your head. We will talk about the reason media exists. We will talk about the trials we all face as both children and adults. We will talk about ourselves and how our behavioral patterns are a result of how we have been influenced throughout our lives.

My goal is to make you aware of how much control you have over you life. There have been times in which I wish someone was around to discuss the issues that only a few dedicated people dared to tackle. Maybe after reading these essays, some of you won't feel so alone.

Why do we write? We write when we have something to say, and now I do.

"There is a war going on for you mind."
-Johnny 5