Off-topic

I do not post too much about myself or my life. Ideas excite me more than my life - I thrive on them. I talk about them as a part of my chosen vocation. I delight in them. I value learning above love, above pride, above adventure and probably above life. I also believe a good, well-constructed, powerful idea is much more exciting than anything I could have going on in my life! :-)

However, a new friend suggested - it would make much more sense if I also spoke about myself a bit more on my blog. It is important, she said. It helps people understand your ideas in context. Often, only ideas on the blog or in my programs project an image of an infallible intellectual. Often, I am perceived as such by those who encounter me professionally. As my friends will tell you, I can't walk on water and often get lost while driving. I feel at a loss when others approach me with the hint of a suggestion that I hold answers to their lives. I don't. I play with ideas. I share them powerfully and articulate them well. They are the tools of my trade.

However, it is also true that every idea, every thought I have is but an extension of who I am. I am earnest and sincere about what I do, about learning, about experience and about growth.

It would not be such a bad idea to share more of myself on the blog. So, do not be surprised to see some personal, off-topic posts - not about ideas or the mind, but about the author. I will tag these posts as Abhishek or Off-topic, so they should be fairly easy to ignore or assimilate.

So.... I have a dog. I love her, her name is Sherry Blackberry....

More coming up..

// Abhishek sighs :-)