the grand plan-part1

starting points-

well im here.thinkng aloud,on a work in progress.

some of it is very much making things up as i go along.some may well come out as a kind of stream of consciousnees.

so even this is not going to be at this stage some all encompassing overarching description of it all.im very much learning as i go along,so the writing will reflect that.

the key for me is communicating myself,communicating with myself and with others out there.ive always been interested in writing but also in its mechanics and the experimental aspects of it.

the conventions of spelling and grammar

english is a language with a very definite history,and a very particular history.i know other languages have their own histories too,but english does seem to have particular dynamism,power,flexibilty.in saying that i have no wish to offend others or to"lord it over them".english is amongst other things a language of imperialism,in the past and perhaps in the present.apart from the ways its difficult or impossible to avod,i do not intend to personalise that imperialist thread.

part of that history also includes diversity of formats,spelling,grammar and a lot else.i suppose that one of the impacts of dictionaries was regularisation and order although it is a language that has never been domesticated.

it is full to this day of all kinds of inconsistencies.i dont claim that i either am or will be consistent in how or what i write.that depends on development and mood at the very least.i tend to write in lower case.this is because i seek a simplicity and speed.but also to express a humility in the representation of the words and of my own attitudes.i recognise there is at least one paradox in that,not least in that there is some arrogance in believing anyone might take any notice of me or what i have to say.lower case reminds me that i am only one,one of many,one of many voices.i am not concerned with competition,either to be heard over other voices nor particularly that this is best because it is marketable or saleable because it is best.the key for me is communication.that will include the problems in doing that.