Saturday, December 4, 2010

Unrealized Things

No, I don’t know what you know
And probably never will
But our goals are not the same
Our intentions different still

Take from me all my possessions
Bring with you all our friends
Mine are the unrealized things
And unconceived-of ends

You can have your banal world
As I’ll always have mine
Live and die in the realm of the mundane
I live for the divine

The Birth of a Blog

Why, hello there! My name is J.T. Fales, and you seem to have stumbled upon my blog. I am currently a junior and an English Major/Linguistics Minor at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.

I've been feeling for awhile that I am in need of a dedicated space online where I can post the scraps of poetry and prose that seem to be amassing around me in my notebooks and on my hard drive. I intend to use this blog as an outlet for my creative endeavors, with the purpose being severalfold: First, to provide a place for people to view, criticize, and comment on my work, always with the goal of being able to go back and improve upon a piece later in view of others' reactions. Second, to build a habit out of regularly producing creative content (or, in other words, force myself to write often). Third, to make me more comfortable with displaying my work to others - including, of course, complete strangers. While doing all of this, I will be creating an online portfolio where I can direct people to samples of my work.

Thank you for visiting, and I hope I'll see you here often :)