It’s been quite a while since I’ve written an update on my work / school / thesis / life more or less because I’ve been so incredibly consumed by its intensity so far. However, it’s not a reason for me to stop writing on my blog that’s meant to be my personal diary. I’ve always loved diaries. I started keeping one when I was in Iran for a few months — this is me in grade 4. Then when we came to Canada it took me a while to get back into the idea of writing reflections of my experiences. I got back into it after my best friend in highschool, who was an inspiration to me since we met, gave me a book and signed the inside with encouraging words to keep me writing poems and memories.

So, I’ve been writing way before blogs came about and I keep a sketchbook full of words and notes — I call it my thought book. This blog on the internet is just an extension of what I have already been doing but now it’s exposed to the world because I think a) it’s important to share your life and experiences, b) it’s important to use the internet in a positive way and c) why hide anything? I’m an honest genuine person and you will see that when you meet me in person, so why should I not share my process and progress in life with the world? Sure, I can put up a bunch of links to cool sites and reflect on the news, but that’s not who I am and that’s not what I see as my purpose of keeping a blog. I collect thoughts; I collect ideas; I collect information and I collect designs. I highlight and highlight and I connect and connect. I talk and talk and I share and share. I love and love and I give and give. Whatever it may be to you — it’s me. So me to you is whatever you see, feel or remember from what I leave behind for you.

A diary is precious — it’s the process of your life. Documentation gets you far and archiving gives people proof of what you’ve done. The only way you can down track anything in your life is if you document it. You can take photos, record videos, audio, draw, paint, build and of course WRITE.Memory is not something that exists — it’s something that gets documented and becomes history. History is only legitimately history if it’s archived, otherwise there is no way anyone will every have any proof to show that that, whatever it may be, actually existed.We have free space; we have access to information; we have freedom of speech; freedom to broadcast ourselves; and we have the world in our hands. What’s the problem? We don’t use it to its full potential.

There is no more NEW — the NEW is working with what is there to do something with meaning, with empathy and with purpose to solve all the problems we have. Sharing is great — but lets share our methods to problems; lets come together and be real about our weaknesses and honest about our love.I’ve been going through a lot and learning so much this year — hopefully I will take more time to reflect on them and document them on my blog as I continue with life.If you check my site out in the new year, I should have all sorts of new things to show so you can see what I’ve really been up to.