Blogging has always inspired me, intrigued me–pushed me to develop a style of writing entirely different from what is taught in school, and even, what comes naturally to me.
In school I have learned to prove a point, to take a stand, to back it up. Naturally, I tend to write creatively (though this blog does not particularly represent that facet of my repertoire). But when I blog, I express. I write what I think, what I want, what gives me pause, what makes me mad– when I blog I have the full scope of my own emotional, philosophical and mundane descriptions to disperse and attempt to make even the tiniest bit interesting.
Blogging is about finding yourself. It’s about digging deep into who you are. What makes Elyse tick? While that has not been the question that has begun most of these blog entries, when all are pieced together, a unique picture comes through. This blog, this collection of writings, is a piece of who I am.
A blog shows evolution of character and person hood. It shows the struggles you face and the ways you choose to deal with them. It records successes and failures (if you allow it to) and is oftentimes embarrassing to look back on–there’s no way I really thought that!”
Blogging is the embodiment of Rene Descartes’s theory of rationalism: “I think, therefore I am.”
But in the same token, is a symbol of an artistic and crafted movement.
Blogging investigates. Blogging thinks. Blogging asks questions. Blogging inspires. Blogging creates. Blogging stirs its readers.
Or at least good blogging does.
I’ll leave you to decide where I fall on the ‘blogging’ scale.
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