Master of a Mind

Welcome to my blog. I'm going to be using this to articulate some of my views on the many developments in the United States, as well as find out "what makes me tick".

I had originally never blogged; however, after the numerous conceptions (some may prefer the addition of the prefix "mis-") that were formulated after our recent elections, I found myself yearning to have a voice, and let it (attempt) to echo as far as it possibly could. My immediate thought - the World Wide Web. What other expanse can vastly traverse the tests of space? Here, there are no bounds. No bounds to the infinite wisdom, connections, and (let's face it) endless amounts of procrastonatory implements (Note to parents: I am surely lying. Our generation has only used the Internet for the sheer benefit of enrichment. Scouts honor. *Footnote: I am not a scout).

Now this "voice" is a newly developed one. Never have I hea... (I will, from here on out, be using the verb had at the risk of sounding as if I have no friends) had such a strong utterance from inside myself. Anyone who has known me from the preoperational stage (Wiki: Piaget's stages - I told you parents that we use this grand thing for betterment) would tell you that I, Erik Renz, was as shy as they come. I kept to myself and shied away from speaking in front of people... or doing anything in front of people for that matter (I know I'm not making it sound better, but I promise I do not live the life of a loner). As the years progressed I came out of my metaphorical shell and became increasingly open. I began the "art" (I prefer personal entertainment, although it truly is an art-form) of dance at the age of 15. It all started after viewing You Got Served (which I believe is owed an overdue and allegorical Oscar). I joined my school's dance team at 16 and started gaining a little more confidence. You can watch the progression if you would like at www.youtube.com/user/erenz88 - and believe me... starting from the first video I posted to the last one... I could not even begin to communicate how to develop that much (I'm also not conceited. Forgive me if I come off that way. Someone once told me that all dancers are ego-centric... hmm.). Back to the topic at hand... this prodigious voice that bellows inside of my soul and the cause of my blogging. Through my dance (and countless individuals who I would like to thank) I have grown an unprecedented amount. This growth has triggered the "voice" inside me and gone are the days of a young boy; to fearful to stand out.

Now that I've informed you of how I overcame my nOObish ways and became a teh awesome blogger (yes, teh - pronounced 'tay' - is a word and so is nOObish... urbandictionary.com: the wonderful world of defining this generations made up vernacular), I will delve into the name. It came to me last night when I was starting the blog. I was thinking, "Maybe I could dub myself a Mastermind and say 'The inner-workings of a Mastermind'. But let's face it, there are probably much more masterful minds in the world and I've seen the inner-workings title used far to often. After that I broke down mastermind... essentially, the Master of a Mind. I do actually have a purpose to it though. Through this blog, I am going to attempt to comprehend my mind and how I think. If I can accomplish this, then I should in theory have no limits. Why, you ask? Well, Franklin D. Roosevelt once said: "Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds". Thinking in this way, one can only be limited if they are fearful of the mind. If one knows the mind, they have no fear of the mind. Ergo, one who knows his mind, has no confines to what he can achieve.

And with this my blog is born. I hope you all enjoy this; if not... well it's an opinion and I am protected under the 1st Amendment (as are you if you chose to disagree). I only ask that profanity be kept to a 0 Kelvin (excuse the Georgia Tech Engineering side of me - by 0 Kelvin I mean absolute zero).

I'd like to close with one final quote. It is by Oliver Wendell Homes (one of the American fireside Poets) and goes as follows: "The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size". If there is one thing retained from reading this, it should be to expand to larger ideas as much as you can. Never be fearful of the ideas not becoming reality. You should instead, be fearful of never letting the mind expand.

Thanks for reading,

Erik