The best merchants in the world aren't the ones predicting what's cool next; we're the ones dictating what's cool next.

Communication is paramount, and what medium or what format you utilize should be a non-issue. In some respects, that has created a barrier for new media, especially web new media, because often times maybe the media itself comes before the concept, before the ideas, and ends up navigating or dictating the outcome.

We may become so entangled in our web of pressures and expectations that we may forget the role we play in dictating how we feel on any given day.

I have been writing for as long as I can remember. Fed by the books my parents read aloud to me, when I was little I would wander around my yard imagining I was a bird, or a runaway princess, or a fairy; and I would make up narratives about what I did. That pastime blossomed into dictating stories to my family and teachers until I learned to write well myself. I have always loved to draw. I have never been sure which hobby I am more passionate about. Now, as I write this, I realize that I would not love drawing if I didn't make up stories in my mind about the things I draw. Both of these passions come from my need to capture what I see without destroying it, to clarify images and make them mine, and to express to the world the love I have for the things I perceive.

"Jesus Christ, will you quit dictating this conversation to Hannah?' I grumble. 'Bros before hos, dude.'

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.