Greetings Steemians! In this post I intend to communicate a bit about myself, the many reasons I am excited to join the community, and what kind of content you can expect to see from me in the future.
^ This is a photo of me taken in an alleyway in downtown Vancouver, Canada- A city which I have recently started calling home.
I am in a stage of life where I consider myself to be ever evolving, and thus I find it quite difficult to summarize myself in a post such as this. For this reason, I will reserve any direct expression of who I am for future posts that speak directly to what I care about, what I’m thinking, what I’m doing, etc.... From this, I hope the reader can gain a deeper and more authentic view into my motivations, fears, ambitions, and other factors that are core to my being. One that is not clouded by any explicit (and in my opinion, somewhat self-absorbed) descriptions of myself and is instead constructed over time in a way that I hope resembled the natural development of an in-person relationship.
I have always found it challenging writing about myself for many reasons. It is a form of vulnerablility that one experiences for prolonged periods of time, from when they first consider how they will structure their self-expression to when they are receiving feedback on what it is that they manage to communicate. Furthermore, living with the amazing technology we have created (which I believe can be both extremely helpful as well as detrimental to us) has made it so that our content, creations, curations, and interactions are forever seen and felt for the reminder of life as we know it once they are made public via the internet. When I ponder this idea, I find it to be a quite overwhelming and substantial commitment to voice any thoughts or feelings I may have! With this all said, with this ambivalence comes a deep, burning desire to express myself in way that fulfils my natural yearning to feel belonging to a community.
Having experimented with different ways we can express ourselves all throughout my (albeit short) life has lead me to adopt the label “artist”, when appropriate. My endeavours in art include but are not limited to filmmaking, music through trumpet and drum kit, visual art through web and graphic design. Aside for a HEAVY level of consumption and appreciation for lyricism in hip hop music and semi-frequent reading of personal development books, what I feel I am lacking is a holistic understanding of language as an art and as means of communicating effectively. I believe that part of changing this is learning to express myself through language. Once I have achieved this understanding, I intend to continue using blogging as a creative outlet and form of documentation of my thoughts, feelings, ideas, curiosities, fears, frustrations, and excitements I may experience in the near future.
“Why steemit?”
I have been looking for this opportunity for what feels like an absolute eternity, but simply couldn’t find a platform that allowed me to feel that belonging I speak of and actually feel like my content is in a format that could be enjoyed for many for a long time to come. It is a combination of steemit’s transparency between users, system of incentives, and the kind of individuals this platform attracts that have convinced me to be a part of it. This culture of self-expression and comradeship that is present on steemit is what makes it what I believe to be the only truly “social” form of social media the world has seen in years. We are all driven by a cupidity to support each other, as supporting each other also serves our own interest through the power of incentives! What this has resulted in is making this community something that is highly rewarding in ways that go far beyond the monetary gain one can potentially incur on the site. The only word I can currently find to describe what I am seeing on this platform is beauty, and I cant wait to be a part of the harmonious beauty demonstrated by the constant creation and curation of great content in a place where frankly, we are all winning together!
I look forward to sharing with you more of my experiences, insight into my philosophies, creations, adventures as we embark on this journey together!
@alexdoonaco You are definitely in the write place!! A wonderful outlet to express yourself in writing but much more. Check out DSounds and Dtube the decentralized multimedia platform. Enjoy your time here and look for things that interest you most. If you are interested in writing then check out a couple of my posts. Just click on Woodstock and you can find my blog.
"A Tribe called Quest" is really deep "We the people. Living in a fishbowl. It is a total response to an authoritarian administration so busy trying to protect themselves they can't see their hands in front of their own face.
I'd love to chat more. If you have any question about this platform or why things don't seem to be working the way you expected feel free to ask. Just write a comment in a post and say it. You can also find me on discord.
Steem on brother
Wow, thank you so much for the support and reaching out in general! I will definitely be in touch bro!
Great intro post @alexdoonanco! Thanks for joining Steemit! I am @gogogadgetupvote and I found your intro post thanks to a link that @mineopoly sent me in my Daily "Introduceyourself Post" Bounty! I have upvoted and resteemed your intro, as well as given you a follow! Be sure to check out my contest post I linked, there are several useful articles linked at the bottom for new users!
That’s so much @mineopoly and @gogogadgetupvote ! I real;y appreciate the support so early on, and the resources on your blog look really useful. Cheers!
Not a problem at all bud! Be sure to check out the #contests tag. Enter as many as you find an interest in, it's a great way to get your name out to like minded people on the platform. I most recommend the "polish your posts" link. Full disclosure, I still haven't made it through all of the links and resources listed in @inquiringtimes post, but there are a ton of useful tools for new Steemians. Welcome to the best place on the internet to spend time!
Welcome to Steemit! What's your favorite hip-hop songs?
Hey man I appreciate he comment! Man it’s really tough to identify one, but I can tell you some of my favourite artists for sure!
Tupac, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, Kanye all have a special place in my heart, but my absolute favourites would need to be Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, and most recently, BROCKHAMPTON.
I know that’s a big list, but they have all been impactful to me at some point, how about you?
Nas! I love NY state of mind. Kanye, Pac, Kendrick is dope - I've heard of A Tribe Called Quest but never got into them.
I like Childish Gambino, Schoolboy Q, and various collection of artists, but I only tend to like single songs lol. Gambino is all time favorite - because the internet
here's a few choices:
@archive.xyz I love your content by the way, definitely looking forward to what you have coming up!
Ah, thanks man! appreciate it.
Love it! This place really is a community 😱
Yeah! There is a lot of low effort posts, but just look for the cream that rises to the top and work with that. Lots of good stuff buried in here.
Hey Alex! Great post, you must have had some good help!
welcome to steemit... I hope you are comfortable here
Hi! Welcome on Steemit :-D I'm also new here ;-) Great first photo -really caught my attention. That is one of better-written introductory post I’ve been read here. Keep your style! Good luck :-)
Thanks a lot! I checked out your post, and I would love to hear more about your thoughts on higher education, I currently attend the University of British Columbia and am definitely a skeptic myself... but there are always pros and cons
There were more cons for me but this is topic for a longer discussion or a whole post ;-P
welcome to steemit
Hello Welcome to Steemit just Upvoted and Followed you I hope you will follow me back and upvote my first post in return
Hey I appreciate it! That poem of yours was powerful man, hoping you do more content like that in the future mate!
Wowa thank you! i plan to make loads more they will be mostly about my life but since i have started i have touched so many people and im getting great support
I look forward to seeing it!
Welcome! @alexdoonanco
Hello @alexdoonanco, upv0t3
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