Connecting
Ever wondered “Why blog?”, well; to answer that one I have to start with WHAT a blog is in the first place. So instead of scourging the internet for the answer of that one I came up with my own definition. I guess it’s a hybrid between a personal diary and public self-expression. A way to connect with like minded individuals who vibrate on your frequency, “that”, when you pluck a chord they tingle exactly like you; with an “Ahhhhh” moment “but, that’s exactly what I think”.
Maybe we are those few mortals who digested all the Enid Blyton’s before heading to eight grade and have so much to tell and so much to splurge out we don’t know to whom or how; and this is where we unburden our souls. Few days back when discussing the same with Elsa (aka Jhansi ki Rani) who I met in delhi; she mentioned that all good readers are eventual writers in the making to which I slightly differ, just like not every genius is a good teacher; but we both concur at one point that writing is an inborn gift. Blogging is also about sharing our experiences and waiting for a reciprocation of another who wore their shoes, maybe have a view point and tilt the same mirror to reflect a different image of the same. It’s about connecting.
I guess at the end we are social animals and in the chain of evolution maybe this is the next step. And as one blogger succinctly sums it ip. Blogito ergo sum.
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So I went and came back single, while its marks a year of what I have been doing and people/friends tend to ask me often what is that I am searching which brings me to the line I just wrote “It’s about connecting”. A friend in similar quandary shirked the whole explanation until yesterday when he felt a queer exciting feeling talking to another individual for the same, and I retorted back “that’s what I meant”. It cannot be explained its about experiencing.
If any of you remember “Notting Hill”, in which Hugh Grant’s friends are trying to find a date for him and after each one gets his opinion, in one he finally remarks "She’s perfect, but theirs is no chemistry".
Aren’t we all here for the same, social interactions, blogging, befriending we seek a common understanding a unique yet similar way of looking at life itself. A connection!!
NB: Oh, in case you missed, new blogging features introduced; gives you more control on customization and categorization, details here. Catch is you need a gmail account to sign in.
Maybe we are those few mortals who digested all the Enid Blyton’s before heading to eight grade and have so much to tell and so much to splurge out we don’t know to whom or how; and this is where we unburden our souls. Few days back when discussing the same with Elsa (aka Jhansi ki Rani) who I met in delhi; she mentioned that all good readers are eventual writers in the making to which I slightly differ, just like not every genius is a good teacher; but we both concur at one point that writing is an inborn gift. Blogging is also about sharing our experiences and waiting for a reciprocation of another who wore their shoes, maybe have a view point and tilt the same mirror to reflect a different image of the same. It’s about connecting.
I guess at the end we are social animals and in the chain of evolution maybe this is the next step. And as one blogger succinctly sums it ip. Blogito ergo sum.
Daily hum drumm --------
So I went and came back single, while its marks a year of what I have been doing and people/friends tend to ask me often what is that I am searching which brings me to the line I just wrote “It’s about connecting”. A friend in similar quandary shirked the whole explanation until yesterday when he felt a queer exciting feeling talking to another individual for the same, and I retorted back “that’s what I meant”. It cannot be explained its about experiencing.
If any of you remember “Notting Hill”, in which Hugh Grant’s friends are trying to find a date for him and after each one gets his opinion, in one he finally remarks "She’s perfect, but theirs is no chemistry".
Aren’t we all here for the same, social interactions, blogging, befriending we seek a common understanding a unique yet similar way of looking at life itself. A connection!!
NB: Oh, in case you missed, new blogging features introduced; gives you more control on customization and categorization, details here. Catch is you need a gmail account to sign in.
Labels: Blog, Connecting, Writer
posted by Rebus at 8/20/2006 05:35:00 PM
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