Why a blank white page?

In a word: opportunity.

To inspire.  To share.  To bore.  Whatever the case may be, it starts as a blank white page.

For as far back as I can remember, every beginning–be it a new city, a new job, a new friendship–has presented itself as a blank white page.  A page I would eventually fill, sometimes with eloquent prose, more often with a barrage of grammatical mishaps and (the irony!) sentence fragments.  No matter what the eventual outcome, however, I always relish those initial moments, when everything is blank: new, unspoiled, and full of promise.

And so.  It follows that this, my journey into the world of blogging, should begin in the same way: with a blank white page.