The whole idea of a blog has always struck me as slightly odd. Yes, I understand wanted to get your thoughts and ideas out, but do you really want other people to see it? How much of a blogs content do you present to the reader, or is it supposed to be more of an online journal? See, if it's an online journal, I start wondering why I want people to see it. Or maybe I don't want people to see the things I write to myself. In that case, I guess it would change into a blog meant to be enjoyed by the reader. But what sort of content does the reader enjoy? Sweeping statements filled with information about the grand scheme of all that exists upon spinning orb, screaming through the cosmos? Shall I draw upon the creative reservoir stored within my psyche, rendering upright prose to the masses? This seems like a noble endeavor. I could teach and sow the seeds of brilliance!
Or I could just do what everyone actually wants and post funny pictures of cats.
This is the epitome of my circumstance. Why create when you can steal? What joy is art if no one can appreciate it's beauty, or, in fact, comprehend beauty at all? I don't claim to know.
Yet, there is yearning to express, to delve deeper into the mind. What hidden thoughts lie deep within the recessed of my mind? What dark thoughts, what blinding light? It is this question the pulls me ever onward, a chain around my neck that I dare not remove for fear of losing my own understanding. Somewhere inside lies a masterpiece, just waiting to be excavated...
But I swear to GOD, if it ends up being a love song, I quit.
Phew. I was afraid this would end up being a scathing slay on all bloggers, but you reigned in some of the sarcasm at the end, haha.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the last line especially, but the last whole paragraph was very nicely written. Yay for starting a blog! Even if it is just "screaming through the cosmos." (;