Hello world!

So I finally migrated from Ghost to AWS Lightsail and WordPress. A fun experiment. I could have happily existed on Ghost, with its templates and design handed on a platter, but it just didn’t feel like me. It also gave me a chance to tinker with AWS a bit. But I’m not sure what this site is about exactly.

On some days, I think it’s just a repository for all the writing I do—because I want to cultivate the discipline to write every day and see how that changes me.
Some days, I think it’s a peek into my mind. A place for others to step behind the curtain and see what’s going on in there. I feel better about myself when my thoughts are written down.
Some days, I think it’s a headstone. Something for the world to see who I was and, hopefully, remember me. The fucking hubris of that thought. It almost makes me gag.
Some days, I think it should be a portfolio or a resume, hopefully to land a job. But that would mean structure and curation. Skills I can comply with, but do not enjoy.

I’m really not sure. I don’t seek readers, visitors, or subscribers. I just want the execution of doing something and learning from it. I want the pain of practice to become fluidity of execution. I want to learn by doing.

It’s called Gatti Graffiti, simply because it’s all my art in one place. Art in every medium I choose to express myself. I have no intention of curating or being perfect. I want to discover the price and consequences of simply showing up. The idea is frightening and embarrassing enough to make me want to disconnect from the world, but also liberating and exhilarating enough to make me want to connect with it more.

I don’t know what this site is about. But I do know it’s messy, raw, haphazard, and just me.

So, hello world.