With writing about more serious stuff on the blog (can't say it's gonna be more than a one-off, but it was an interesting exercise nonetheless) I've had cause to think about how I blog and why I blog. I guess for me one of the fundamental practices is attention seeking, posting stuff on the internet in the vain hope that someone, anyone will take notice. This strikes a curious imbalance with a slight embarrassment at my opinions and keenness to maintain some layer of anonymity. So anyway I ten to just chuck stuff out there in the vain hope that someone may even like it and deign to comment on it.
I guess this is OK for my usual stuff, and maybe more of the content on Blogga. But for debating proper matters I guess just wanting people to read and admire isn't quite the right motivation. It also affects the writing, if I'm assuming people will admire my work I'll step up the eloquence of the speech a notch so that surely people will have to be impressed by the formality of my tone and assume that what I'm saying is good...right?
The other element of blogging is something of a cathartic nature, or that of a release. Blogging, for me, is worlds apart from fiction or essay writing. I find blogging a relaxing way of writing as I don't ten to plan or think through my posts much beyond the original idea. My fingers hit the keys and thoughts are electronically conveyed instantly. It means I can just write without the usual planning and thinking and editing involved - which I find quite liberating.
Again, I don't think this is wrong, but just tapping away when bringing up a serious issue is not necessarily the best way, though then again (thinking out loud) maybe it's not so bad. I suppose what I am always doing when blogging is thinking out loud, that is my blogging style. Sometimes I think long thoughts, sometimes only little snippets. Sometimes I plumb the depths, other times I laugh at squirrels, but I am always thinking and usually thinking 'live' as I write. So as a style it ain't bad and I suppose sticking to it means I'm not pretending to be beyond my capabilities, but nonetheless I need to take serious issues seriously and therin lies the struggle to find a balance between giving appropriate weight and writing pomp for pomp's sake.
I doubt very much whether I will ever get this balance right. It does have the downside of meaning that my posts never quite match up to the grand expectations I lay upon them (this very post is a good example), but nonetheless I will still enjoy the freedom to just write for most of my content, I just might have to practice putting a bit more thought into some of my content.
Well that was quite the excersise in rambling, but I wanted to think through the nature of blogging for myself and what better place for thinking out loud than a blog eh? I also want to make sure that there's more than just weekly quotes being posted up here to keep both myself and potential readers interested. But now I'll have to think of something else to write about - hmm, is there a new Coke out yet?
Word of the post: Coagulate - verb
| 1. | to change from a fluid into a thickened mass |
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