I’ve maintained a personal website and blog for about 15 years and never been honest. I’ve never been fake either but that’s not the same thing as being honest. I’m just coming the end of Amanda Palmer’s book “The Art of Asking” and I’ve realise the thing I love about her the most is her honestly. She really does wear her heart in her sleeve and that’s why I have felt drawn to her over the years. It happened in an instant the moment I first heard her song “Runs in the family”, the rawness of it, the beared soul. I couldn’t look away. And since then my fascination with her had just grown. I realise it’s because she does something I’ve wanted to be able to do myself for a long time. Just strip it all bear and lay it out for the world to see, so someone else might see it and feel normal. The previous iteration of my blog under this domain attempted to do just that. But failed miserably. Will this time be different? Maybe not but I will try.