why do you blog?
July 16th, 2006
why do i blog? i have been asked this question occassionally. it’s been more than 6 years since i started. people often wonder where do i find the time to keep it up. i guess it is not much of an effort for me.
i like sharing – whether it is a news article i read and thought it was interesting, or an obscure movie i saw and i got excited about, or this music track i listened to and was thorougly touched by. blogging just makes it easier for me to share this joy, and beauty i keep looking for.
life is full of beauty. if only you look for it. and once you discover (parts of) it, there is no greater joy than sharing it. that’s why i blog.
so, why do you blog?
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July 17th, 2006 at 10:27 am
yes, sharing is quite fantastic stuff. but, i am not quite agree with ‘blog is a kind of diary’. I think it is being a RATUAL–both write and read. What do you think?
July 17th, 2006 at 10:28 am
am sorry, it is RITUAL, but not RATUAL!
July 17th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
here’s an explanation i like:
http://paulgraham.infogami.com/blog/metablogics
“the unexamined life is not worth living.”
July 22nd, 2006 at 10:06 am
i think for most people, a blog is a kind of diary. there are many kinds of blogs out there.
i do think though, that having a blog yourself, makes one become a more critical reader. by writing yourself, you end up realizing what you read in the mainstream media is constructed by another human being, often influenced by his institution. in that sense, blogs are more ‘authentic’ than news in the media, at least for now.
July 25th, 2006 at 11:32 am
well, I agree that blogs are diaries read outloud. I think that sometimes when we think outloud, we hope to find others who happen to be listening in on our daydreams, random thoughts, experiences of our battles in Life, sentiments of the reminiscer…and we hope that we find others who are of like minds & sentiments in this big, huge universe! am I romanticizing this too much? hehe.