it is apparent that blogging is extremely cathartic for some people. Saying what they've always wanted to say in an uninterupted format, free from distraction or tangent... or free to explore said tangents without sacrificing any of the conversation. Passion is evident, and the strong words hopefully indicate strong action to follow through and prove it all true.
For others, blogging is more of a creative outlet... a chance to wax poetic if the feeling is there, or speak in language that is otherwise awkward in dialogue.
Still others have found that blogging is just like a good conversation - full of input from readers and community-building in its own way.
i really have no clue if i am really getting at anything here, so you could probably stop reading at this point if you're expecting something insightful.
i don't know what blogging, or journaling, or songwriting really IS for me.
In some way, i think that these verbal or written means of communication are therapeutic for me. At other times, i don't feel any better at all after having blogged or journaled or sung. Ironically enough, i think right now i'm feeling a little better after having typed all this rambling. But, for me, i'd much rather be talking to someone sitting in my apt. than sharing this thought here. I tell myself that i'd rather be working on one of those songs i need to write instead of sitting here typing and thinking about different people in my life.
so, while i try to figure out exactly what i need to do to release this pressure in my head... why do YOU blog? why do you read them? anything i'm not thinking of?
About Me
- David
- Angier, North Carolina, United States
- telling stories through song, capturing thought and emotion in word and melody
4 comments:
I believe blogging is an outlet, period. Rather it be creative blogging (like so many I see) or just simply unloading your head (like I tend to do.) It is simply a way of attempting to release the pressure that can build up. Like you told me the other day when I couldn't figure out anything to "blog," you said "just start writing..." I did just that and even if it were just an ounce better, it was an ounce better than what I felt 15 minutes before I blogged. Whatever it means to you is all that matters, that is why it is YOUR blog....
my blog title used to be "catharsis," so you can guess why i wrote.
but at that time, i did use it to put things out there that i didn't have the guts to say in person, so it was pretty pansy. now i just use it to hopefully let people into my life who i don't have an hour to sit down and talk to every day and to get their thoughts on what i'm think about.
just like why i read your blog - i don't have an hour to sit down each day and really see what's going on in your life, but i do have interest in how you are doing and what's going on with you.
but if i read something on here that i wanted to discuss with you, i'd definitely find time in person, that's the difference for me.
(just my two cents)
^agreed. I have been guilty of the same sin.
I have hardly reached the point that kt beck speaks about where I can right thing in the blog and not consider what others might think. I use the blog to let people know about things. Some times to talk out things that I've got going on. Or maybe to rant about issues that I would like other's opinions on.
I write for a variety of reasons.
My free expression though, is not in the blog. I keep a private journal where I feel free to say whatever's on my mind. No matter how insane it might sound. These are the things that I don't really want others to hear about, my private junk. It gets it out though and I usually feel alot better. Catharsis indeed.
um, that was tibbs...not the bff. i started out blogging for my family...when there isn't time for a phone call. now...i don't really know why i do it. it's progressed into more than that reason alone..idk.
i think it's a compilation of a few things.
and..i like "acceptance" too. :)
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