When asked to tell about myself, I hardly know where to begin. Certainly, I understand myself as no one else can, but how can that be summed up and explained simply?

I believe that people are free but for surrendering their ideas to others for ease of direction. I believe that each of us is searching for answers and validation, and sometimes we do wonderful and terrible things in the pursuit thereof. To quote Chasing the Dragon by Epica, "Don't you deny that we're all human beings. We all have our flaws that can make us obscene."

What do I believe? People put a lot of faith into things for which there are no explanations. People stake their lives and, rather often, the lives of others they may or may not really know at all on these things. Almost invariably do people express that believing the same as they is the only path to "salvation" - at least this is true of the vocal minority. Yet this is more of the same quest for validation. The more people who agree with me, the truer this must be. Myself? I don't know what to believe beyond that I have the right to question it all. Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? What if? Some believe we are the very image of god, and I wonder if there is any truth to this if perhaps it means he has a questioning nature as well. If not, I don't see the reason for us to apologize for being the way we are by nature. Flawed? Perhaps. Learning and growing because of it? Absolutely.

I am a questioner. I am a listener. I am an explorer. I am a moongazer. I am both a believer and a skeptic. And the one constant throughout my life has been music - which can touch upon the hearts and thoughts of millions who might otherwise be completely unalike and unaffected by one another.

In short, I am searching. I am human.