dre poetic: words by adrien salazar

I never chose a topic for drepoetic. That was fine for the last year it’s been up and running. A lot of us write for no reason at all. I wrote poems here. I posted quotes, pictures, videos. I shared events. I wrote some commentary about stuff. All this was great for experimenting and feeling things out. It was a process.

For some of us, that’s all a blog will be — a journal, a sketchbook, a personal chronicle, a process of reflection that just happens to be public — which is all good. But I have recently been craving more. Like a painter who looks at a blank canvas and sees everything that is possible, I see this blog. I see what it can be.

It wasn’t until recently that I realized drepoetic was in beta. drepoetic was an unwitting experiment. As I shift towards more purposeful and determined directions in my life, my interests become more clear, and drepoetic as it is doesn’t vibe with me anymore.

I want my works here to reflect my life. As I begin to live actively and purposefully, I am ready to make the best of this form in a focused and deliberate way. I am ready to streamline. Hence, drepoetic is going under redesign.

New directions, new blogs

I have decided to ground my future blogging in two strong roots that undergird everything I do and care about:

1. My deep interest in community building, socio-political issues, and critical thought; and
2. My deep interest in art, writing, and all the wonderful things that inspire me.

Thus I plan to create two new blogs around these interests:

drepoetic 2.0

Continuing under the same name, but far from the same in appearance and content, drepoetic is going to be completely revamped. It will be a totally new blog. The new drepoetic will be the home base for all matters in art, design, music, poetry, and sources of inspiration of the life drepoetic. It will be my digital sketchbook for real — a window into my creative life and process.

drepoetic will be the site of my new aesthetic.

Project Codename: Blog 2

Within the next couple of months, I plan to launch my second blog. Blog 2 will be a site of relevent social commentary on current events, politics, culture, and community. It will also be the source for periodic updates on my life and work as a growing community builder. With this blog, I hope to exercise my critical thought and commentary to contribute to the shaping of our rapidly changing world.

Two Adrien Salazar blogs! It is a little daunting, but I am determined. My life is shifting. It’s only natural I take this work to the next level.

Expect new edutaining content and exciting creative visions flying at your eyeballs soon!