Private Goes Public
Hmm, it's been so long since the first blog. The problem is, as I would imagine it as a common experience, that I don't know where to start. Or rather, I am examining my own censor as to what I can write on the blog, and what I keep private. That is a dilemma for me.
Does an interesting blog have to be all revealing? Are all all revealing blogs interesting? A blog isn't like a diary as such. I have kept diaries in the past. However, I don't think I will be transcribing my diaries and putting them online. They were written with it being private in mind, with the knowledge that nobody is to read them unless I intended for that to happen.
Does it make a blog boring if it doesn't delve into private matters? And are all censored blogs boring? There's supposed to be beauty in most everything, even the ugly things. Does it make people, like myself, who don't know where to start on a blog boring, because we don't know how to smell the roses? Perhaps.
What makes a good blog? A wacky theory? An honest and heart wrenching out pour? A dashing wit and a sharp turn of phrase? That answer will vary depending on who you ask. Though having said that, there has always been a fascination in that borderline, that event horizon where the private goes public. May be in a similar way to close friends sharing personal thoughts and feelings, one gets a sense of knowing the other person better, more in depth.
How private is the private matter when it's made public? Is it more interesting, more "juicy", if the information is revealed without permission? Or better yet, if something is revealed against that person's wish? But isn't it the same piece of information?
Wait. I don't think I've done myself any favour here. There seem to be more questions than answers as to what I should write and what I shouldn't write in a blog. May be it doesn't matter after all. May be it's just about writing without a topic, talking without a speech, walking without a destination, doing without a plan. May be it's really about the journey.
Does an interesting blog have to be all revealing? Are all all revealing blogs interesting? A blog isn't like a diary as such. I have kept diaries in the past. However, I don't think I will be transcribing my diaries and putting them online. They were written with it being private in mind, with the knowledge that nobody is to read them unless I intended for that to happen.
Does it make a blog boring if it doesn't delve into private matters? And are all censored blogs boring? There's supposed to be beauty in most everything, even the ugly things. Does it make people, like myself, who don't know where to start on a blog boring, because we don't know how to smell the roses? Perhaps.
What makes a good blog? A wacky theory? An honest and heart wrenching out pour? A dashing wit and a sharp turn of phrase? That answer will vary depending on who you ask. Though having said that, there has always been a fascination in that borderline, that event horizon where the private goes public. May be in a similar way to close friends sharing personal thoughts and feelings, one gets a sense of knowing the other person better, more in depth.
How private is the private matter when it's made public? Is it more interesting, more "juicy", if the information is revealed without permission? Or better yet, if something is revealed against that person's wish? But isn't it the same piece of information?
Wait. I don't think I've done myself any favour here. There seem to be more questions than answers as to what I should write and what I shouldn't write in a blog. May be it doesn't matter after all. May be it's just about writing without a topic, talking without a speech, walking without a destination, doing without a plan. May be it's really about the journey.
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