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i set mine up mostly 'cause i was jealous of people who already did. it's the whole '15 milliseconds of fame' thing. it's exhibitionism, but hopefully not in a completely tiresome way.
what started, for me, as a chance to publish fragments of whatever pieces i was working on, plus cluster invaluable links and push politics, has changed over time.
gradually, it became less and less referential and far more nakedly personal. in the period directly before xmas especially, i was using it to vent excess emotions, maybe send out my own tiny little maydays.
there's a kind of indirect expressiveness about it. a magic circle. almost, where you're free to say what you want and what you feel without having to negotiate a conversation...
i think they're valuable records. they're primary sources. sure, most blogs are so banal as to be immediately irritating, but every now and again you can score a real life insight into how it feels to be someone else - right now. and you can see their life unfold in realtime, too.
for me, blogging can be one of the best examples of peoples' capacity to take technology and rewire it to facilitate empathy.
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